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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 07-04-2008 01:08
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14090 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello! Only 7-9 ?C here (northwest Germany) yesterday (now it's -2 ?C) and snowing casually, so the "stiletto bombers" (Bombylius major) utilized every sunbeam for sunbathing - or hung paralysed at twigs... A good occasion to take some photos from the underside.  Some more pictures here (text in German): http://insektenfo...adid=14110 Juergen Peters attached the following image:  [65.43Kb] Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 07-04-2008 12:53
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 Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
This is a fun pic (although I don't suppose the fly was having fun  ). Your main pic on Insektenfotos is fascinating - I've never seen them do that.
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 07-04-2008 13:45
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
I would like to see the proboscis of Moegistorhynchus longirostris... that's what I call a true proboscis.  |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 07-04-2008 16:50
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14090 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Susan! Susan R Walter wrote: I've never seen them do that. At first I thought, this fly was dead, probably killed by a fungus (in this case flies often hang around in peculiar positions). But then it moved a leg, and I remembered that I had found Bombylius major at night in the garden "sleeping" while hanging at twigs like this one. Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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