Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Small, red legged Bibio
Posted by Juergen Peters on 19-04-2007 19:11
#1
Hello!
This Bibionid from our house wall was only half as big as the
Bibio marci, which seemed to have freshly emerged from our garden :-):
http://www.foto-u...arci_W.jpg
Is it
B. pomonae? Or perhaps
lanigerus? Thanks!
Edited by Juergen Peters on 19-04-2007 19:11
Posted by Zeegers on 19-04-2007 19:47
#2
HI Juergen,
difficult to tell, but definitely not pomonae. Which is a summer species, by the way. It seems to be the female of either lanigerus or an allied species (johannis, varipes)
Theo Zeegers
Posted by Juergen Peters on 19-04-2007 20:40
#3
Hello, Theo!
Zeegers wrote:
difficult to tell, but definitely not pomonae. Which is a summer species, by the way. It seems to be the female of either lanigerus or an allied species (johannis, varipes)
Thanks!
B. johannis appeared here already two weeks or so ago (usually the first
Bibio), but I never saw one with such red legs (more yellow/lightbrown).
Posted by Zeegers on 20-04-2007 18:48
#4
Well, males preceed the females (on the average, of course),
so beware of that !
Theo
Posted by Juergen Peters on 20-04-2007 20:04
#5
Hello, Theo!
Zeegers wrote:
Well, males preceed the females (on the average, of course),
so beware of that !
Yes, the early ones here were all males. But what I meant was, that I never saw a
female B. johannis with such red colouration of the legs. Mostly they were more yellow like on this pic from May 2005:
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