Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Dolichocephala in copula, Germany => D. irrorata

Posted by Pristurus on 16-08-2012 19:55
#1
yesterday I found this ( about-3mm sized) couple sitting on a leaf about 10cm above the water surface of a small runlet in a forest near Marburg, central Germany. Mating behaviour (like eye-wishing) seems to be in parts similar to Tachypeza nubila. Regards, Ingo

Video:http://commons.wi..._08_15.ogv
Edited by Pristurus on 18-08-2012 14:00

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 16-08-2012 20:21
#2
Dolichocephala

Posted by Pristurus on 16-08-2012 22:37
#3
Thank you Nikita. I have never seen such flies here before. Are they tied to running water?

Posted by Paul Beuk on 17-08-2012 08:53
#4
Mottled wings like this: D. irrorata.

Posted by Pristurus on 18-08-2012 13:59
#5
Paul, thank you. Regards, Ingo