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09-11-2009, 06:10 PM
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| | | Flying insect on stilts
Stony Stratford, Bucks.
Size 5mm (6mm to wing-tips).
I loved the look of this insect - help with id appreciated. 
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09-11-2009, 07:33 PM
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| | | Re: Flying insect on stilts
Not some sort of Mosquito i suppose.
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09-11-2009, 07:48 PM
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| | | Re: Flying insect on stilts
More likely a Winter Gnat ? ... |
09-11-2009, 08:06 PM
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| | | Re: Flying insect on stilts
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Originally Posted by Action_Man  More likely a Winter Gnat ? ... | Close Gordon, a winter cranefly. Possibly Trichocera annulata family Trichoceridae. I think there's three common ones here, Trichocera hiemalis and Trichocera regelationis being the other two. Category:Trichoceridae - Wikimedia Commons
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09-11-2009, 10:58 PM
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| | | Re: Flying insect on stilts
Thanks for your interest everyone.
Ian - It does look mozzyish doesn't it......although having now done a bit of Googling I think the long legs are a better fit to winter gnat/cranefly.
Gordon and Janet - I did a bit of Googling on your id and it would seem that the terms winter gnat and winter cranefly are both used for Trichoceridae. My guess (based on US/UK hits) is that the Americans call them winter craneflies and we call them winter gnats. Whichever, I'm certain that you're both right.
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10-11-2009, 08:35 PM
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| | | Re: Flying insect on stilts
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Originally Posted by Bruce Williams Thanks for your interest everyone.
Ian - It does look mozzyish doesn't it......although having now done a bit of Googling I think the long legs are a better fit to winter gnat/cranefly.
Bruce |
Hi Bruce,
I did wonder about cranefly but to me it looked slightly wrong to be one, not sure why as i can't put my finger on it at the moment, however that is probably the best name to fit the bill, its quite a handsome creature with those long legs.
Ian |
11-11-2009, 03:26 PM
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| | | Re: Flying insect on stilts
Ian,
I think the key word here is probably "winter" - ie, "winter gnat" or "winter cranefly". Although I'm not certain about this, I suspect that their name derives more from a superficial resemblance to the cranefly rather than a close taxonomic association. Maybe our cranefly experts could let us know....
Bruce |
13-11-2009, 02:58 PM
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| | | Re: Flying insect on stilts
I just had a memory flash that I'd photographed something similar last year. I have to say that last year's one seemed to be more delicate - but then I'm not sure....
....anyway it touches on the Winter Cranefly vs Winter Gnat common name.
Here's a link to the previous thread: Extremely dainty flying insect
Bruce |
13-11-2009, 06:12 PM
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| | | Re: Flying insect on stilts
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Originally Posted by Bruce Williams I just had a memory flash that I'd photographed something similar last year. I have to say that last year's one seemed to be more delicate - but then I'm not sure....
....anyway it touches on the Winter Cranefly vs Winter Gnat common name.
Here's a link to the previous thread: Extremely dainty flying insect
Bruce | What an amazing picture Bruce, almost looks like a high wire act.
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