How to Identify Rhagionidae

Key Identification Features

• monticola Verrall, found among Irish specimens of this species, has this distinct banding pattern almost entirely obscured by overall dark body colouration.
• The wings are clear, with a distinct, well-defined dark pterostigma, and the eyes are greenish.
• Key identification features for this species are dark spots or bands on the wings, and an elongated third (final) antennal segment.
• The species displays clear sexual dimorphism: females have a broader frons and distinctly separated (dichoptic) compound eyes, while males have nearly conjoined (holoptic) eyes.

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