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Hello,

on ivy in our garden (northwest Germany). I can't even propose a family. For Limoniidae it seemed very small with its 4.5 mm.

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Pic #2

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Tipulidae s. lat. can be very small. Quoting the guide to Tipulidae in Manual of Nearctic Diptera:

Length up to 60 mm; size varying from tiny species of Tasiocera Skuse with wing length of about 2 mm, to large species of Holorusia Loew with wing often 40 mm long and of Leptotarsus Guérin-Méneville (Longurio Loew) with body length often 60 mm.

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Hello John,

many thanks for your interesting comment. The smallest Limoniidae I knew from here were about 6-7 mm. The largest Tipulids were a Tanyptera atrata female with at least 30 mm body length (including ovipositor) and - of course - several Tipula maxima.

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And what would you say about Dicranoyia (Melanolimonia)?

D morio?

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Hello Clovis,



there are many Limoniidae around in our garden these days, which I think are Dicranomyia (posting is from 2014, but they are also present now). But those are bigger (8-10 mm) and often greenish. I did not know D. morio, yet, but pics I found in the net, lool rather similar, thanks!

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Actually i have no doubt on the subgenus, and it is a really small specie, even compare with D chorea ;)

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Hi,

I have a slightly better (wing venation visible) picture from yesterday.

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And the other Dicranomyias, the bigger (10 mm), greenish ones, are sitting next to it at the wintergarden, trembling constantly with high frequency for hours and hours... :D