Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Crane Fly?
Posted by PeterD on 11-10-2010 09:59
#1
Can anyone help with this ID please. It has the obvious characteristics of a crane fly but I have never seen these markings before.
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http://www.imagei...XAM-XL.jpg
Thank you
Posted by ChrisR on 11-10-2010 10:06
#2
Could it be
Culiseta annulata - a big mosquito? Got any more angles that show a proboscis?
Posted by Philippe moniotte on 11-10-2010 10:07
#3
Hello Peter,
It looks much more like a mosquito (culicidae). Culiseta annulata, perhaps ?
Philippe
Posted by Philippe moniotte on 11-10-2010 10:09
#4
ChrisR wrote:
Could it be Culiseta annulata - a big mosquito? Got any more angles that show a proboscis?
The picture does show a nice big fat proboscis, don't you think ? ;)
Philippe
Edited by Philippe moniotte on 11-10-2010 11:50
Posted by ChrisR on 11-10-2010 11:33
#5
Well, I was a bit confused as to whether it was a proboscis or the continuation of the right leg :) But yes, there's something big pointing forwards and I suppose it is thicker than the leg could have been :) Well, I am just glad that I guessed the correct name anyway :D
Edited by ChrisR on 11-10-2010 11:34
Posted by PeterD on 12-10-2010 06:51
#6
Thank you Chris and Phillippe:)
I had missed the proboscis entirely, thinking it was one of its front legs:|
I have gone through my shoot of the day and found this image which confirms everything you both saidB)
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http://www.imagei...Lvk-XL.jpg
I must also apologise for th late reply - I had NOT set this thread as a follow :@