Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Is this Trichoptera ?
Posted by Makro Freak on 05-04-2008 19:19
#1
loc : munich, germany, close to a river
size : 15mm
behaviour: they came out of the water (or maybe under the rocks) and dried in the sun
hello,
does anybody know what species this beauty could be ?
best regards
richie
Edited by Makro Freak on 06-04-2008 14:10
Posted by Paul Beuk on 05-04-2008 19:20
#2
Ephemeroptera.
Posted by Makro Freak on 05-04-2008 19:37
#3
Wow that was fast. thanks paul again. could it be ephemera vulgata ?
bg rick
Edited by Makro Freak on 05-04-2008 19:49
Posted by Makro Freak on 05-04-2008 19:40
#4
2
Posted by Makro Freak on 05-04-2008 19:41
#5
3
Posted by kitenet on 05-04-2008 21:51
#6
As far as I know
Ephemera species have three 'tails', so these are not
Ephemera - but I don't know what they are :( (I think photos 1 and 3 are female, photo 2 is male).
Martin
Martin Harvey
Posted by ChrisR on 05-04-2008 22:31
#7
As Martin said,
Ephemera spp. have 3 tails - and they just look different to the ones in the photos. Here is a photo of
Ephemera vulgata that shows it quite nicely I think :)
Posted by Makro Freak on 05-04-2008 23:15
#8
I see. Btw. very nice picture :-). hmm that flies arent imagos isn't it ? at stresemann 2 exkursionsfauna deutschland they say it is only possible to id imagos
bg rick
Posted by Makro Freak on 06-04-2008 12:46
#9
Its a female subimago of Rhithrogena germanica Eaton, Family Heptageniidae. Thanks to Dr. Arne Haybach at www.ephemeroptera.de
Edited by Makro Freak on 06-04-2008 14:12
Posted by pierred on 06-04-2008 17:05
#10
Makro Freak wrote:
Its a female subimago
I learned about those subimagines quite recently and this is something quite difficult to think about. How they can mould with such big wings...
Posted by Makro Freak on 11-04-2008 16:14
#11
... i took some more pictures where i saw them drying after hatching. The wings was folded.