Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Haematopota (pluvialis x3?)
Posted by cyprinoid on 01-08-2010 20:08
#1
Norway, July, I asume they are both Haematopota pluvialis, it always is.
Nr. 1
Edited by cyprinoid on 01-08-2010 20:40
Posted by cyprinoid on 01-08-2010 20:09
#2
Nr 2. much smaller, caught resting on grass, pine forest
Posted by cyprinoid on 01-08-2010 20:39
#3
Nr 3. same size as Nr.1
Posted by libor on 01-08-2010 21:14
#4
See antennal segment 1, which is of irregular shape, with a deep constriction before tip, which is unique for H. pluvialis. Libor
Posted by Mark-uk on 01-08-2010 22:27
#5
It normally is
pluvialis. but keep looking I managed to
crassicornis this year.
Posted by cyprinoid on 02-08-2010 15:57
#6
Thank you both, I will keep an eye (and an arm) out for them.
Posted by sd on 02-08-2010 18:45
#7
crassicornis tends to be earlier in the year - I saw a few individuals here in Southern England during the first week of June but none since. The colouration of
crassicornis is a good indication in the field - its more a dark chocolate colour than the olive brown of
pluvialis.
Posted by Zeegers on 03-08-2010 12:58
#8
as soon as 'olive' enters the description, your Haematopota is pluvialis.
Theo