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 Anthomyiid #4 (17.03.15) --> Egle sp. (female)
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 22-03-2015 22:42
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 13651 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, a 6 mm fly at our housewall (northwest Germany). Leucophora sp.? Juergen Peters attached the following image:  [71.63Kb] Edited by Juergen Peters on 23-03-2015 20:04 Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| javanerkelens |
Posted on 22-03-2015 23:01
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 Member Location: Netherlands Posts: 2962 Joined: 18.10.07 |
Egle species (female) With a lenght around 6 mm, Egle ciliata makes a good change. Johanna |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 22-03-2015 23:11
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 Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9841 Joined: 22.10.10 |
javanerkelens wrote: Egle species (female) With a lenght around 6 mm, Egle ciliata makes a good change. Johanna I count 2+4 dcs so it has to be in that species group. The willows of Massachusetts are still dressed for winter and I have yet to see an Egle or any other Brachycera this year. The only Diptera of the year are two Chironomidae flying over snow. |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 22-03-2015 23:27
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 13651 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Thanks, Johanna and John! So, all flies, that I thought were Egle are Lasiomma, and the first different one is Egle...  The willows of Massachusetts are still dressed for winter This week we had about 15 °C for two days (for the next weeks cold temperatures and rain are prognosed), and I still wait for the willows to flower, but Brachycera are around in large numbers since February. Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 22-03-2015 23:58
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Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9841 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Juergen Peters wrote: Thanks, Johanna and John! So, all flies, that I thought were Egle are Lasiomma, and the first different one is Egle... The willows of Massachusetts are still dressed for winter This week we had about 15 °C for two days (for the next weeks cold temperatures and rain are prognosed), and I still wait for the willows to flower, but Brachycera are around in large numbers since February. Egle should not be flying long before willows flower. They feed on and breed in catkins. |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 23-03-2015 00:09
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 13651 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello John, Egle should not be flying long before willows flower. They feed on and breed in catkins. the catkins in our garden were half opened at that time. Maybe at some warmer locations they were already fully opened. Edited by Juergen Peters on 23-03-2015 00:09 Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| javanerkelens |
Posted on 23-03-2015 10:12
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Member Location: Netherlands Posts: 2962 Joined: 18.10.07 |
The number of dorsocentrals is not always a reliable character in Egle. Other species sometimes also can have an small extra dorsocentral hair. To be sure if this fly belongs to the Egle brevicornis species group we have to look if the notopleuron has more then 3 accessory setulae and if there is an apical pd seta on the hindtibia. This is not good visible on the photo. I would keep it just ...Egle species. Johanna |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 23-03-2015 20:03
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 13651 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello Johanna, javanerkelens wrote: This is not good visible on the photo. my biggest problem... My camera is old, but the main reason for blunt photos are my shivery hands.  I would keep it just ...Egle species. Ok, thank you. Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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but don't see the image in the post.
