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| Gordon |
Posted on 19-10-2008 16:56
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 Member Location: Lake Kerkini, Greece Posts: 1101 Joined: 02.01.08 |
Hi Everyone. The lower fly is Bibio sp., is the upper one Penthetria funebris ????????? It looks too robust and aggressive to me for Dilophus. Wetland Kerkini: Kerkinis Mts, 1480 m 13 to 19 October 2008
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 19-10-2008 17:02
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19050 Joined: 21.07.04 |
In Central Europe, this would be Bibio lepdius (both). Not sure about Greece Theo |
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| Gordon |
Posted on 19-10-2008 19:00
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Member Location: Lake Kerkini, Greece Posts: 1101 Joined: 02.01.08 |
Thanks Theo. Does that mean the black one is the male and the brown one is the female or the other way around. Or does it mean something else. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 19-10-2008 20:32
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19050 Joined: 21.07.04 |
The larger reddish one is the female. By the way, females lepidus from central Europe are much redder. So it might be an associated species. Theo |
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| Gordon |
Posted on 20-10-2008 06:25
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Member Location: Lake Kerkini, Greece Posts: 1101 Joined: 02.01.08 |
Thanks Theo, it is always nice to reduce one's ignorance. don't worry about the ID I am sending all my Bibionids to Jean-Paul Haenni. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 20-10-2008 14:28
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19050 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Then you'll get the real expert's opinion. Theo |
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