Dolichopus wahlbergi
4.5-5.5mm. Metallic green. Legs all yellow. Males have the basal segment of the mid tarsus modified into black pennate extensions, looking like a thick feather.
Dolichopus plumipes is similar but has a dark anterodorsal streak down the mid tibia.
- 4.5-5.5
- Metallic green
- Legs all yellow
Males
- basal segment of mid tarsus modified with black, pennate extensions
Grassland, often in damper areas and at woodland edge.
Late May to early September.
Widespread in England and Wales.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Graham Calow
Burbage Common and Woods
23 June 2012
male
David Nicholls
Ratby
31 May 2024
female
David Nicholls
Ratby, Wirlybones Wood
26 May 2024
David Nicholls
Ratby, Wirlybones Wood
26 May 2024
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Flies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Dolichopodidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 23/06/2012 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 31/05/2024 (Nicholls, David)
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