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 Sylvicola-like Mycetophilid? (06.11.08)
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 17-11-2008 23:27
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14411 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello! This midge was camouflaging itself very effectively among many Sylvicola sp.  . On a closer look it turned out to be a Mycetophilid (?). Is a closer ID possible? Found on November-06 at the light at our wintergarden (northwest Germany). Size about 6 mm.
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 17-11-2008 23:27
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14411 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Pic #2
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 18-11-2008 09:05
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Probably Mycetophila sp.
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| David Gibbs |
Posted on 18-11-2008 10:32
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 Member Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 833 Joined: 17.06.06 |
Looks like Leia winthemii Lehmann, 1822 to me. |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 18-11-2008 10:35
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
You could be right...
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 18-11-2008 23:13
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14411 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Many thanks, Paul and David!
Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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