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| nick upton |
Posted on 07-06-2011 11:50
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 815 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Can anyone suggest an ID for this very hairy asilid? Maybe a Laphria sp?? 29.5.11 c10mm Hunting behind a beach, Lesbos, Greece. nick upton attached the following image:  [118.96Kb] Edited by nick upton on 07-06-2011 17:34 Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| Quaedfliegh |
Posted on 07-06-2011 12:28
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 Member Location: Tilburg Netherlands Posts: 2198 Joined: 18.05.10 |
Doesn't seem Laphria rather something Pogonish... Eriopogon???
Greetings, Reinoud Field guide to the robber flies of the Netherlands and Belgium: https://www.jeugdbondsuitgeverij.nl/product/field-guide-to-the-robberflies-of-the-netherlands-and-belgium/ https://www.nev.nl/diptera/ |
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| Sara21392 |
Posted on 07-06-2011 12:39
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Wow, fantastic species..!!!!! 
Sincerely yours Sara |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 07-06-2011 12:45
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 815 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Thanks Reinoud. Could be! That seems to be the other really hairy genus, but I can only find pics of Eriopogon laniger and I don't think it's that. Anyone know of any other possibilities? Would be njce to put a name to this hairy beast! Thanks Sara - it is a bit special and I hadn't seen a robber fly like this one before.. Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| Eric Fisher |
Posted on 07-06-2011 17:09
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 Member Location: California Posts: 435 Joined: 19.05.06 |
Pycnopogon mixtus (Loew). Very nice Nick! Regards, Eric. |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 07-06-2011 17:24
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 815 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Many thanks Eric. It's great to get a species ID on this nice fly. I can't find ANY pics of it on the net, but have found its distribution listed as: Iran, Greece, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Jordan, Israel, Turkey, Egypt on this link http://www.biosoil.ru/fee/2007/N-173/N-173.pdf Lesbos is an interesting island (for many kinds of wildlife) as it gets a mix of European and Asian species. I have one other asilid to post, which looks more "typical", but who knows what it may turn out to be! I'll get this Pycnopogon in the gallery in due course. Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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but don't see the image in the post.