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 Empis pennipes male and female?
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| Sundew |
Posted on 27-05-2010 11:21
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Hi, The flowers of Geranium pyrenaicum are intensively visited by Empis flies at the moment. Should be E. pennipes, I reckon. Am I right? Many thanks, Sundew Sundew attached the following image:  [140.44Kb] Edited by Sundew on 27-05-2010 11:22 |
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| pierred |
Posted on 27-05-2010 20:51
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 Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1484 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Hi, I had never seen that the female had feathers on middle legs !! Congrats for the picture. Pierre Duhem |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 27-05-2010 22:06
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
You haven`t seen that? So you're not familiar with our gallery  . - The pictures were easy to shoot, as the females were swarming on the Geranium flowers. Males were much rarer.Regards, Sundew Edited by Sundew on 27-05-2010 22:06 |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 28-05-2010 20:23
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Would be fine if Paul confirmed me the male. The female should be E. pennipes for sure. |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 31-05-2010 12:50
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Confiremd. It is one of the few species that seems to favour Geranium flowers...
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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