Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tipulidae; Tipula cava?
Posted by kurt on 21-01-2012 18:52
#1
Is it possible to tell which species this male is?
Photos from 19 june 2010 Kramfors 62N 17O Ångermanland, Sweden.
Thanks for your help in advance
Regards
Kurt Holmqvist
Posted by kurt on 21-01-2012 18:54
#2
A crop from same picture
Edited by kurt on 21-01-2012 18:54
Posted by kurt on 21-01-2012 18:56
#3
Photo of wing from same individual
Posted by kurt on 21-01-2012 18:58
#4
Original picture
Posted by kurt on 21-01-2012 19:00
#5
Same individual
Posted by pjotr oosterbroek on 20-02-2012 15:46
#6
Dear Kurt,
To me this looks very much like Tipula (Lunatipula) lunata.
T. cava has two large milkywhite areas on the hypopygium.
Pjotr Oosterbroek