Thread subject:
Diptera.info :: Tipula?
Posted by
cebe
on 22-05-2006 12:49
#1
I found this Tipula-like insect yesterday in Brussels (Belgium) sitting on Urtica dioica. Is it a Tipula species?
Bart Hanssens (
http://www.cebe.be
Posted by
Robert Nash
on 22-05-2006 13:11
#2
Hi Bart
Nephrotoma
perhaps. A closely related genus (to
Tipula
) of similar size. The thoracic markings should identify it. Usually the markings are a more contrasted black and yellow. Was it newly emerged? Nice clear photo