Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Cranefly > Euphylidorea dispar

Posted by Tjitske Lubach on 02-05-2013 11:58
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Yesterday, 01-05-2013, I saw many of these normal sized Craneflies in wet grasslands in La Fontoure, Saint Gilles, Indre, France. They are mostly orange, wings with dark veins and a black pterostigma. I have searched for hours, but I can't find a lookalike.

I am not sure if it is a Tipulidae. It might also be something else, maybe a Limoniidae? Can anyone help me???

Thanks in advance, Tjitske Lubach

http://observado....w/75650610

Female

Foto's:

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Male

http://observado....w/75650606

Foto's:

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observado.org/fotonew/6/4675396.jpg

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observado.org/fotonew/1/4675411.jpg

Edited by Tjitske Lubach on 08-05-2013 10:24