Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Orthocladiinae ? (NL)

Posted by blaauw7 on 23-08-2023 06:18
#1

22 August. Mid Netherlands. Orthocladiinae?

Gr Dick

Posted by Tony Irwin on 23-08-2023 08:52
#2

I don't think it is Orthocladiinae - more likely Chironomini (lots of haemoglobin in haemolymph) - Zavreliella is known to produce mobile cases like this

Posted by atylotus on 24-08-2023 15:56
#3

In the Netherlands this can only be Zavreliella marmorata. A common species

Posted by blaauw7 on 24-08-2023 16:36
#4

Thank you both!

gr Dick