Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 21-04-2006 21:04
#4
I could have known this..:@, I spent some time on these flies some days ago..
In early spring this could be B. Johannis.
I see a dark pterostigma, but is it black or brown..?
The light hairs on the thorax makes me think of B. Lanigerus..
On another picture I can see clearly a big spine on the frontal leg, this means that it is a Bibio sp. anyway!
On the frontal leg the metatars 3 = small and long, Bibio varipes could be the specie.
Also the time of flying and the biotope (woodforest) fits..
I believe it is Bibio varipes :)
But the legs of this male are not black?!, which I have seen on other pictures of B. Varipes..
greets, Robert :)
Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 21-04-2006 23:40