Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Which Bibio?

Posted by Juergen Peters on 05-05-2006 23:51
#3

Hello, Theo!

Zeegers wrote:
This is either B. marci or B. hortulanus.
Hortulanus fits your description best.


Thanks! But the problem is: I have never seen an orange female here over the years. Yesterday afternoon not only the small B. johannis were flying, but now also many Bibio (cf.) marci males and some females. All completely black (and slightly bigger than the above one), except one female with reddish legs (B. lanigerus?).

The links below are pics from 2005 (with my own unprofessional identifications), but the recent animals look quite the same:
http://insektenfo...en_004.jpg
http://insektenfo...la_001.jpg
http://insektenfo...en_001.jpg
http://insektenfo...en_004.jpg
http://insektenfo...en_006.jpg
http://insektenfo...en_001.jpg
http://insektenfo...la_001.jpg

And one from May 2003. Is this Dilophus febrilis? It was only half the size of B. marci.
http://insektenfo...e)_001.jpg