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 Unidentified Norwegian fly - maybe Tachinidae?
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| Leif G |
Posted on 01-04-2011 22:12
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Member Location: Posts: 263 Joined: 26.03.11 |
Photographed in south-west Norway in May.
Leif G attached the following image:  [60.91Kb] |
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| rvanderweele |
Posted on 01-04-2011 22:36
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Member Location: Leiden, the Netherlands Posts: 1988 Joined: 01.11.06 |
A cute Tachinid for our friend Chris Raper
ruud van der weele rvanderweele@gmail.com |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 02-04-2011 00:08
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Probably Gonia picea ... 90% certain 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Leif G |
Posted on 02-04-2011 09:04
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Member Location: Posts: 263 Joined: 26.03.11 |
Thanks for excellent help on this one! The forest in the area is dominated by picea. Edited by Leif G on 02-04-2011 10:14 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 02-04-2011 10:05
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Nice It is a very rare species here and I only have 2 specimens in my collection - 2 females caught by other people. I hope it is having a good year and I am ever optimistic that I might find one in my area some day 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Leif G |
Posted on 02-04-2011 10:17
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Member Location: Posts: 263 Joined: 26.03.11 |
Two individuals were present, mating and flying jet fast. I'm adding a photo of the couple mating. Leif G attached the following image:  [60.9Kb] Edited by Leif G on 02-04-2011 10:18 |
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| Jaakko |
Posted on 02-04-2011 21:58
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 Member Location: Joensuu, Finland Posts: 479 Joined: 04.08.08 |
ChrisR wrote: Nice It is a very rare species here and I only have 2 specimens in my collection - 2 females caught by other people. I hope it is having a good year and I am ever optimistic that I might find one in my area some day These are rather common in the southern parts of Scandinavia. I know that the reality in other countries is something different, but try walking elevated roadsides. You find these guys often hill-topping on such locations and at least in Finland they are rather common suburb species as well! The season has finally started here. Today more Kirbya and a number of Tachina lurida. It is quite funny, but phenologically speaking the species are later here Germany than back home. I saw the first Bombylius major today, in Finland the species is on wing when there is still snow on the ground... The first willows blooms are already over for a week here! |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 03-04-2011 10:58
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19308 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Tachina lurida ? Are you sure you don't mean ursina ? Is it pretty early in the season for lurida. Theo |
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