Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Small Bibionid?
Posted by Juergen Peters on 14-05-2007 20:33
#1
Hello!
This only 5-6 mm small fly I found yesterday near the forest (Ostwestfalen/Germany). It reminds me of a male Bibionid (especially the abdomen), but somehow doesn't look like the other ones I know.
Posted by jalbala on 14-05-2007 22:49
#2
I think it is a Dilophus febrilis.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-05-2007 05:53
#3
jalbala wrote:
I think it is a Dilophus febrilis.
Thanks! That species I normally find later in summer.
Posted by Zeegers on 15-05-2007 17:39
#4
Dilophus febrilis has two distinct generations yearly: early spring and late summer.
Theo Zeegers
Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-05-2007 19:20
#5
Hello, Theo!
Zeegers wrote:
Dilophus febrilis has two distinct generations yearly: early spring and late summer.
Yes, I had read that, but up to now I nearly exclusively had found this species in summer. The spring generation seems to be much rarer here.
Posted by Zeegers on 15-05-2007 19:55
#6
Dilophus febrilis is actually very common on blossom of Prunus padus.
SO, end of april - early may
theo