Thread subject: Diptera.info :: I dare it again: Gymnosoma...

Posted by Juergen Peters on 28-07-2007 15:21
#9

Hello, Theo!

Zeegers wrote:
by the way:
female sex is characterized by the black thoracic dorsum (without dusting).


As a rule of thumb I had concluded from observations (seeing that in all mating couples) that the males are the ones with smaller, round, separate spots on the abdomen. (Pics below from same location and time as the above females.)

http://insektenfo...ntid=20364