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| Cor Zonneveld |
Posted on 31-07-2008 20:16
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 Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06 |
Hasliberg, Switzerland; 4 July, sun just peeking over mountains after rainy night. Moderate size, 12 - 15 mm or so. Grass land for hay, fertilized by dung. Despite numbers of them, they didn't approach me (unlike Haematopota, on which I seem to have an Axe effect  )Is ID possible? Cor Zonneveld attached the following image:  [91.06Kb] Thanks for your attention Cor Zonneveld |
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| Cor Zonneveld |
Posted on 31-07-2008 20:16
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Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06 |
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Cor Zonneveld attached the following image:  [50.72Kb] Thanks for your attention Cor Zonneveld |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 31-07-2008 21:04
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18546 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Of course they didn't approach you, do you look like a female Tabanus ?? This is the male (!!) of Tabanus bromius, so no blood sucking here. Theo |
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| Cor Zonneveld |
Posted on 31-07-2008 21:29
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Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06 |
hee hee, silly me! But loads of females were very much attracted to our car in full sunshine, much to the chagrin of my family (they somehow don't share my tast for these flies - especially not the giants). May be 1 bite of a female, not much compared to some 20 Haematopota bites! Thanks for your attention Cor Zonneveld |
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but don't see the image in the post.