Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bibio clavipes
Posted by crex on 12-09-2007 21:42
#1
Location: Near Stockholm, Sweden
Date: 2001-SEP-15
Habitat: Outskirts of park
Awful old photos of a pitiful fly. Anyway, I thought I'd give it a go and see what gives ...
Edit: Changed subject (Hybotidae)
Edited by crex on 14-09-2007 09:55
Posted by crex on 12-09-2007 21:44
#2
Second photo
Posted by crex on 12-09-2007 21:46
#3
Third photo
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 12-09-2007 22:48
#4
Bibionidae
Posted by Paul Beuk on 12-09-2007 23:00
#5
A male
Bibio.
Posted by crex on 13-09-2007 06:34
#6
Ouch, once again it shows I'm a simple amateur :p
Thanks!
Posted by Andrew Whittington on 13-09-2007 18:58
#7
I would even hazard to suggest
Bibio clavipes. Important features are the clear to white-looking wings,
pale pterostigma, shining notum (i.e. generally lacking wrinkled appearance)
narrow femora and tibia, especially in the hind legs, setae on pluerae (thoracic and abdominal) white (only just visible in the photos).
Posted by Zeegers on 13-09-2007 19:55
#8
That was my impression as well. We can easily check, crex, spring or autumn pictures ?
Theo
Posted by crex on 13-09-2007 20:07
#9
Zeegers wrote:
That was my impression as well. We can easily check, crex, spring or autumn pictures ?
Theo
crex wrote:
Location: Near Stockholm, Sweden
Date: 2001-SEP-15
Habitat: Outskirts of park
Posted by Zeegers on 14-09-2007 07:37
#10
That confirms it.
B. clavipes is one of the very few autumn Bibio's.
Theo
Posted by crex on 14-09-2007 09:53
#11
Thank you very much, Gentlemen!