Posted by nick upton on 11-06-2010 17:30
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Can anyone say if this big, showy female Tipulid is Dictenidia bimaculata or Ctenophora elegans, or something similar. Abdominal markings look more like the former, head marking more like latter, but no doubt the wing veins / marks are more definitive and I don't have a key. Both of these are quite scarce in the UK I believe, but it could be something else!.
c18mm Wiltshire garden 11.6.10
Edited by nick upton on 11-06-2010 17:33