Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Limonia? on orchid
Posted by
ChrisR on 06-05-2007 17:12
#1
This was seen today in southern England - is it a
Limonia of some kind? Extra points will be given if you can identify the orchid too!
PS: and the orchid is a little bit of a 'trick' question - so be warned
Edited by
ChrisR on 06-05-2007 17:12
#2
Hi Chris, I think this is Nephrotoma (Tipulidae).
Posted by
cosmln on 06-05-2007 17:28
#3
Jan Zwaaneveld wrote:
Hi Chris, I think this is Nephrotoma (Tipulidae).
and possible Orchis simia for the orchid.
cosmln
Posted by
ChrisR on 06-05-2007 17:34
#4
Thanks for the ID ... you're close with
Orchis simia, but not 100% correct
Posted by
cosmln on 06-05-2007 17:36
#5
Chris Raper wrote:
Thanks for the ID ... you're close with
Orchis simia, but not 100% correct
i don't have a guide for orchids. what i remember from head, from what i have seen one time in a book.
also i'm curios about the final ID of that Orchis.
cosmln
#6
Is this perchance a hybrid between
Aceras anthropophorum and
Orchis simia?
Posted by
ChrisR on 06-05-2007 20:59
#7
Ohh, Tony is on the right track but wrong combination
#8
Nephrotoma sp.
I saw dozens of these today in final afternoon near here.
#9
My final guess -
Orchis militaris x
O. simia ?
Posted by
ChrisR on 06-05-2007 21:56
#10
Nope
But you're getting
very close now
Posted by
ChrisR on 07-05-2007 21:30
#11
OK, nobody got it ... but then I wasn't sure anyone would
It's quite a rare hybrid ...
Orchis purpurea x
simia
The first record of this hybrid in Britain was last year on this nature reserve (see
http://hartslock....)
OK, now back to flies
Edited by
ChrisR on 07-05-2007 21:32