Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bibio female ... but which one ?

Posted by pat_der2003 on 06-04-2012 06:18
#1

60 km south of Paris, France, April 01/2012.

Is it the same sp. than this one (male) ?

Edited by pat_der2003 on 06-04-2012 06:18

Posted by pat_der2003 on 16-04-2012 18:24
#2

Up !;)

Posted by tristram on 16-04-2012 19:11
#3

Might be Bibio marci: http://www.dipter...oto_id=912

Posted by rvanderweele on 16-04-2012 20:31
#4

Sorry, the insect on the photo is a female. Perhaps it is B. marci, but, since I am not really paying a lot of attention to this family, I am not 100% sure. Looking at the blackish colour, including wing it is black enough. But what about the size of the animal?

Posted by pat_der2003 on 16-04-2012 20:55
#5

Thanks a lot to both of you !! :)

I can't remember very well but it's bigger than this male sp ... I would say 12 mm long for the female and half size for the male ?


Both of those flies were shot at the same place and at the same time ... could they be the same species ? Or several species of Bibio can occure at the same time ?

Posted by rvanderweele on 16-04-2012 21:25
#6

Okay,if 12mm I go for the B. marci

Posted by pat_der2003 on 16-04-2012 21:33
#7

Thank you !! :)