Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Pedicia sp.

Posted by Isidro on 14-10-2007 19:50
#1
Yesterday. La Pe?a, Huesca, Aragon, Spain. Pre-Pyrenees. Habitat: very very very low water (but not from last rain, because have some aquatic plants in the most deep zones) at side of the road. Burned pine forest, priarie. Size: about 4 cm long.

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Thanks Wink
Edited by Isidro on 08-09-2008 21:29

Posted by John Bratton on 16-10-2007 16:34
#2
I guess it is a cranefly and probably a Pedicia, only on the grounds that similar looking larvae in Britain are usually Pedicia rivosa.

John Bratton

Posted by Tony Irwin on 16-10-2007 21:00
#3
I'd agree with John on this - the general appearance and habitat are just right.

Posted by Isidro on 16-10-2007 23:31
#4
Thanks a lot!!

I saw a cranefly at the same site, with spotted wings, I cant's take photo. Possible was the adult of the same.

Thanks!!

Posted by Isidro on 16-10-2007 23:32
#5
I edit, I mistaked "deep water" with "low water", sorry Frown

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 18-10-2007 14:21
#6
another good dish! Pediciidae larvae! it seems juicy... maybe Isidro can tell us how it tastes. Smile

Posted by Isidro on 18-10-2007 15:57
#7
I dpon't eat larvae, and also I don't eat mice!!! WinkWinkWinkWinkWink

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 18-10-2007 16:01
#8
But... you surely ate larvae when you appreciated your cabbage soup! hmmm... Also, aphids, by sure! Smile
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 18-10-2007 16:23

Posted by Isidro on 08-09-2008 13:49
#9
Pedicia rivosa is not cited for Iberian Peninsula. Are cited Pedicia occulta, Pedicia littoralis and Pedicia straminea. Also genus Dicranota, Tricyphona and Ula cited. What could be?

Posted by Tony Irwin on 08-09-2008 19:57
#10
Ithink the best we can do is to say Pedicia species.

Posted by Isidro on 08-09-2008 21:30
#11
Thanks Tony. I?ll let as Pedicia sp.