Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Dioctria Query

Posted by SteveNic on 03-06-2009 10:42
#1

Hi

Can anyone confirm this as a Dioctria sp. (possibly D. oelandica)

Thanks

Steve

i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll285/Soppywolf/Doelandica.jpg

Posted by Paul Beuk on 03-06-2009 11:49
#2

Please, don't forget to post information like locality, date, etc.

Posted by SteveNic on 03-06-2009 12:21
#3

Sorry,

Date - yesterday, 2nd June 2009

Location - Powys, mid-Wales.

Habitat - Wet meadow with Juncus sp., Molinia caerulea (Purple moor grass), Filipendula ulmaria (meadowsweet) etc. Surrounded by mixed deciduous woodland and fields (sheep grazing)

Posted by Paul Beuk on 03-06-2009 12:33
#4

From that location I think it must indeed be oelandica.

Posted by SteveNic on 09-06-2009 10:55
#5

Thanks very much

Steve