Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 A terrible word: Bibio
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| Isidro |
Posted on 17-05-2009 14:54
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Member Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 2101 Joined: 26.04.07 |
Nobody said me that it's impossible to identify bibionids by photo... so I continue trying it despite of the unresolved previous attempts. Maybe the species with orange females are easier? Yesterday. La Peña, Huesca, NE Spain. Pre-pyrenees, 500 meters. Lots of them in the flowers of Euphorbia characias and Euphorbia serrata. Female:   Male:   Could be ID to species level? Thanks, Isidro |
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| Isidro |
Posted on 18-05-2009 08:56
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Member Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 2101 Joined: 26.04.07 |
Uploading.. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 18-05-2009 09:03
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
If it was flying here I would say Bibio anglicus, because they have very orange females ... but not sure if you have it in the south of Europe 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 18-05-2009 11:04
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Maybe Bibio hortulanus, they are common pests in Hungary.
Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| Isidro |
Posted on 18-05-2009 11:19
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Member Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 2101 Joined: 26.04.07 |
Thanks, I thinked in hortulanus due to the orange female... but can be mistakable species? |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 18-05-2009 17:45
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19242 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Both species have orange females, the wing venation is different. This is hortulanus. Theo |
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| Isidro |
Posted on 18-05-2009 21:23
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Member Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 2101 Joined: 26.04.07 |
I don't noticed the Chris reply. Thanks a lot everybody and especially for Theo. Resolved then! Bibio hortulanus. |
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