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 black and red fly
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| Margarita Auer |
Posted on 01-05-2007 23:04
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Member Location: Posts: 411 Joined: 31.03.07 |
Dear visitors, Yesterday 30.4.07 I saw this quite big ( more than 13 mm)fly sitting on a leaf in the last sunshine in the eastern part of Austria. But after the first photo shot it disappeared . It was jetblack and bright red. I have never seen such a fly before. Can You please help me to identify. Thank You Margarita Auer Margarita Auer attached the following image:  [91.53Kb] |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 01-05-2007 23:42
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7327 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Clitellaria ephippium (Stratiomyidae) female. Larva is found in Lasius fuliginosus nests. I don't know its status in Austria, but it is apparently extinct in Britain - now seen only in the wildest dreams of hallucinating dipterists.  Wow! Wow! and again Wow!
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| Margarita Auer |
Posted on 02-05-2007 07:14
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Member Location: Posts: 411 Joined: 31.03.07 |
Dear Tony, Then I say Thank You and this looks also for me Super, Super, Super. About the status in Austria I am not informed but I can try to get some informations, I will tell You then. Best regards Margarita |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 02-05-2007 07:17
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Tony Irwin wrote: It was considered extinct in the Netherlands as well, but it has turned up over the past 10-15 years...
Clitellaria ephippium (Stratiomyidae) female. Larva is found in Lasius fuliginosus nests. I don't know its status in Austria, but it is apparently extinct in Britain - now seen only in the wildest dreams of hallucinating dipterists. Wow! Wow! and again Wow!Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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