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Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Limonia? on orchid

Posted by ChrisR on 06-05-2007 17:12

This was seen today in southern England - is it a Limonia of some kind? Extra points will be given if you can identify the orchid too! ;)

PS: and the orchid is a little bit of a 'trick' question - so be warned :D

Edited by ChrisR on 06-05-2007 17:12

Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 06-05-2007 17:24

Hi Chris, I think this is Nephrotoma (Tipulidae).

Posted by cosmln on 06-05-2007 17:28

Jan Zwaaneveld wrote:
Hi Chris, I think this is Nephrotoma (Tipulidae).

and possible Orchis simia for the orchid.

cosmln

Posted by ChrisR on 06-05-2007 17:34

Thanks for the ID ... you're close with Orchis simia, but not 100% correct ;)

Posted by cosmln on 06-05-2007 17:36

Chris Raper wrote:
Thanks for the ID ... you're close with Orchis simia, but not 100% correct ;)

i don't have a guide for orchids. what i remember from head, from what i have seen one time in a book.

also i'm curios about the final ID of that Orchis.
:D

cosmln

Posted by Tony Irwin on 06-05-2007 20:40

Is this perchance a hybrid between Aceras anthropophorum and Orchis simia?

Posted by ChrisR on 06-05-2007 20:59

Ohh, Tony is on the right track but wrong combination :)

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 06-05-2007 21:10

Nephrotoma sp. :) I saw dozens of these today in final afternoon near here.

Posted by Tony Irwin on 06-05-2007 21:25

My final guess - Orchis militaris x O. simia ?

Posted by ChrisR on 06-05-2007 21:56

#10

Nope :D But you're getting very close now :)

Posted by ChrisR on 07-05-2007 21:30

#11

OK, nobody got it ... but then I wasn't sure anyone would ;) It's quite a rare hybrid ... Orchis purpurea x simia :D

The first record of this hybrid in Britain was last year on this nature reserve (see http://hartslock....)

OK, now back to flies ;)

Edited by ChrisR on 07-05-2007 21:32