Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tipulidae (oviposing?)

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 29-08-2005 13:30
#1

Moscow region, end aug, beach of small pond.
1. May be somebody help me with Genus?
2. There was a amber colour eggs on the ground (top left). Possibilities:
a. Tipulidae eggs
b. Sympetrum vulgatum eggs (top right, same time, same place)
c. something else
I hope to listen your opinions. Thank you.
www.diptera.info/forim/5-0666-1.jpg
www.diptera.info/forim/5-0666-2.jpgwww.diptera.info/forim/5-0666-3.jpg

Posted by Chen Young on 29-08-2005 18:28
#2

The crane fly looks like female Nephrotoma sp. to me.

The Nephrotoma species I am familiar with lay black elongated eggs.

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 30-08-2005 08:55
#3

Thank you Chen.
So we have to discard possibility N1.
In few days I'll connect with my friend, a good odonatogist, to check N2.