Snipe Fly
May 19, 2015 17:08:51 #
My book tells me this is a "Downlooker" Snipe Fly
May 19, 2015 18:27:26 #
May 19, 2015 18:45:12 #
We Yanks & Canucks have a website that allows us to fairly quickly ID most North American insects (http://bugguide.net/node/view/6/bgimage ). I know of no similar reference website for the UK, so we can offer very little corroboration.
May 20, 2015 03:01:48 #
May 20, 2015 05:34:40 #
infestation wrote:
Actually the weather has been awful here. Been very wet with a constant cold wind blowing heavy rainstorms through. Between the rain the sun comes through and it gets very warm and out come the insects. Nice shots, weather must be good up your way.
Thanks for looking and for commenting, really appreciated.
May 20, 2015 05:40:50 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
Yes, there are lots of sites but no single reliable one. Problem is the variations in colours in photographs both online and in print just make hard to be certain. It is very interesting though.We Yanks & Canucks have a website that allows us to fairly quickly ID most North American insects (http://bugguide.net/node/view/6/bgimage ). I know of no similar reference website for the UK, so we can offer very little corroboration.
May 20, 2015 05:41:33 #
Flyextreme wrote:
Thanks for looking and for the thumbup, much appreciated.:thumbup:
May 20, 2015 15:56:41 #
Nice study. Wing venation, antennae and abdomen shape match Rhagionidae, snipe flies. A book that shows wing venation is often most helpful. Don't know what would work 'over there', but some general entomology texts sometimes found cheap in used book stores may help. There are so many bugs that species ID is often impossible, so family ID is very good, and gives a lot of general info about members even if you don't find the exact one.
May 20, 2015 16:42:46 #
relbugman wrote:
Thanks for looking and for your kind comment and for the tips of bug identification, much appreciated.Nice study. Wing venation, antennae and abdomen shape match Rhagionidae, snipe flies. A book that shows wing venation is often most helpful. Don't know what would work 'over there', but some general entomology texts sometimes found cheap in used book stores may help. There are so many bugs that species ID is often impossible, so family ID is very good, and gives a lot of general info about members even if you don't find the exact one.
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