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 My first flies 2009
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 13-01-2009 02:25
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14253 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello! Nothing to identify this time (at least I hope, I've got these right...  ), I only wanted to show my first flies this year. After there have been near arctic temperatures since Christmas (lowest in my region: -26,4 °C), now the snow begins to melt. Yesterday we had a sunny day at 6 °C, and many small flies (Muscidae, Anthomyiidae, Heleomyzidae...) and midges were flying around (and honey bees!). Unfortunately only good old Phaonia tuguriorum and some Trichoceridae liked to be photographed...
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 13-01-2009 02:26
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14253 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Female Trichocera sp., 10 mm.
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 13-01-2009 02:27
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14253 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Male Trichocera sp., 7 mm.
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 13-01-2009 02:30
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
EVERYBODY LIKES A SHOW-OFF Haven't even seen a dead fly lying around here...nor a spider....ZILCH Regards Roger  |
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| lagura |
Posted on 13-01-2009 02:37
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 Member Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posts: 1241 Joined: 24.10.08 |
Nice findings Juergen. I've only seen a single little Sphaeroceridae and it did its best to avoid my camera 
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 13-01-2009 02:52
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14253 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Roger and Lars! You are both a little bit nearer to the north pole, aren't you?  But so many insects other than the flies did not occur here, too, yesterday. Only many Collembola, some ladybird beetles and the always active anthocorid bug nymphs at the ashes at the forest. But I did not spot a single spider... Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 13-01-2009 09:18
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Hi Juergen Yes I'm fairly far north,but temps. have been -6C as a minimum. Sea temp. keeps the land temp. a bit higher than inland. Nowhere in Shetland is more than 5 miles from the sea. Now the frosty weather has gone...back to gales..50Kts last night. I think today even the birds are flying backwards..no chance for flies. Regards Roger. |
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| lagura |
Posted on 13-01-2009 12:31
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Member Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posts: 1241 Joined: 24.10.08 |
Hello Juergen, The north pole, right. Last week we had at least -10C and my balcony windows were covered with thin ice. Beatiful patterns but I felt very close to the north pole! I did find some other insects such as a few barklice, a ladybud (not quite sure which species) and a still unidentified Cicadellidae. |
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| Philippe moniotte |
Posted on 13-01-2009 12:52
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 Member Location: Heron, Belgium Posts: 865 Joined: 14.10.05 |
Ah, the North Pole was in Belgium last week -19 C for several nights in a row in my garden. I was reduced to hunting for spiders in the cellar. Lots of Pholcus, but nothing else so far. But it is now above freezing again , and who knows ?... Cheers Philippe |
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