Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tipulidae: Tipula sp?

Posted by nick upton on 10-04-2010 20:37
#1
Can anyone identify this large cranefly? Several were out today in a water meadow looking for mates.

Wiltshire 10.4.10

Posted by nick upton on 10-04-2010 20:38
#2
Here is a pair mating

Posted by Sundew on 10-04-2010 23:20
#3
My guess is Tipula lateralis. It is an early species. Cp. http://www.bugsan...tml#TipLat.
Regards, Sundew

Posted by nick upton on 11-04-2010 15:02
#4
Many thanks Sundew, form online photos I have now checked, T. lateralis looks just right and as well as the early emergence, the location is correct also - on damp water meadows next to a stream.
Nick