Posted by nick upton on 17-11-2020 19:10
#1
c 10mm resting on the underside of a polypore fungus in accent woodland near Wickwar, Gloucestershire Uk on 14.10.20
Could this be Achyrolimonia decemmaculata based on these images? That species is recorded in the UK and from woods only 20 miles west of this site, and there are no others in this genus recorded for the Uk as far as I know, though there may be other Limoniidae from the Uk that this might be.
Edited by nick upton on 18-11-2020 16:02
Posted by John Carr on 17-11-2020 19:43
#3
A fungus gnat (Sciaroidea), not a crane fly.
Posted by nick upton on 17-11-2020 22:14
#5
OK many thanks. It's much bigger than other fungus gnats I've photographed, and Ditomyia fasciata certainly looks possible and is a specialist of polypore fungi. It's rarely recorded so far west, but is surely much overlooked.