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Small, red legged Bibio
Juergen Peters	#1 Posted on 19-04-2007 19:11
Member Location: Posts: 13502 Joined: 11.09.04	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 Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=


Zeegers	#2 Posted on 19-04-2007 19:47
Member Location: Posts: 18446 Joined: 21.07.04	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


Juergen Peters	#3 Posted on 19-04-2007 20:40
Member Location: Posts: 13502 Joined: 11.09.04	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). Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=


Zeegers	#4 Posted on 20-04-2007 18:48
Member Location: Posts: 18446 Joined: 21.07.04	Well, males preceed the females (on the average, of course), so beware of that ! Theo


Juergen Peters	#5 Posted on 20-04-2007 20:04
Member Location: Posts: 13502 Joined: 11.09.04	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: Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=