Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chloropids on Aristolochia

Posted by Carnifex on 19-11-2022 14:33
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Vienna, Danube Island, mid May

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Posted by von Tschirnhaus on 19-11-2022 15:31
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Chloropidae, Oscinellinae; Dicraeus vagans (Meigen, 1830), our most abundant Dicraeus species which develops in the caryopses (grass"seeds"Wink of Arrhenaterum elatius (Poaceae), in late spring a simultaneously flowering tall grass along road sides. Hind cross vein present and difficult to be seen on these photographs. Probably not yet known as an abundant pollinator of Aristolochia species which were and are still a repeatedly studied object together with the multitude of specialized flower visitors.