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 which Chrysops (Tabanidae)
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| zcuc |
Posted on 25-07-2010 00:38
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Member Location: Israel Posts: 492 Joined: 08.10.07 |
Fly from Israel.
zcuc attached the following image:  [82.62Kb] Edited by zcuc on 25-07-2010 07:45 |
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| Cesa |
Posted on 25-07-2010 05:44
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 Member Location: Turkey Posts: 1276 Joined: 13.10.09 |
Chrysops Tabanidae) |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 25-07-2010 20:14
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19299 Joined: 21.07.04 |
I'd say Chrysops flavipes, but it is pretty yellow. I have to check Theo |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 27-07-2010 14:00
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19299 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Chrysops flavipes is the only species of the flavipes-group recorded from Israel. So flavipes it is. Theo |
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| zcuc |
Posted on 27-07-2010 16:51
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Member Location: Israel Posts: 492 Joined: 08.10.07 |
Many thanks for the id  As I understand this fly feed on blood, but I found it in the middle of a coastal city. No big mammal in the area. How do you think it is feed? Maybe Human, dogs etc.. ? Edited by zcuc on 27-07-2010 16:57 |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 28-07-2010 20:52
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19299 Joined: 21.07.04 |
First choice host would be cattle of any kind. Please understand that these horseflies can fly kilometers finding their host. I'm sure there will be for instance goat present within 5 km? Theo |
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| zcuc |
Posted on 28-07-2010 23:33
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Member Location: Israel Posts: 492 Joined: 08.10.07 |
Ok, If we are talking on a radius of 5km so yes I guess it can find cattle. Now when thinking on it I guess it can also find animals at a distance of merely 2km by visiting at the zoo. |
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| Tony T |
Posted on 29-07-2010 12:31
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 Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 664 Joined: 08.02.07 |
zcuc wrote: Many thanks for the id As I understand this fly feed on blood, but I found it in the middle of a coastal city. No big mammal in the area. How do you think it is feed? Maybe Human, dogs etc.. ? Some species tabanids never feed on blood - they are autogenous. Some species always need a blood meal to produce a batch of eggs - these are anautogenous. Some species can lay one batch of eggs without having a blood meal but require a blood meal for subsequent egg laying. Your fly may fit into the latter group; they are able to survive as a population in areas lacking or having very sparsely distributed mammals; coastal species would benefit by being autogenous. Edited by Tony T on 29-07-2010 12:31 |
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