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| Cor Zonneveld |
Posted on 11-05-2007 20:30
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 Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06 |
I saw thie robberfly last sunday (6 May) on the St Pietersberg, near Maastricht at the extreme southern tip of the Netherlands. It flied at a chalk grassland, somewhat shelterd by shrubs. Medium sized robberfly, say around 12 mm (but I'm awfully bad at making such judgemenst!). Can it be IDed?
Cor Zonneveld attached the following image:  [138.77Kb] Thanks for your attention Cor Zonneveld |
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| Cor Zonneveld |
Posted on 11-05-2007 20:31
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Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06 |
and another photograph, not the same fly though. May be even not the same species?? I noticed colour differences in the abdomen and eyes, and in the femoral bristles on the third leg...no idae how important these are though! Cor Zonneveld attached the following image:  [138.75Kb] Edited by Cor Zonneveld on 12-05-2007 15:14 Thanks for your attention Cor Zonneveld |
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| Danny Wolff |
Posted on 12-05-2007 18:55
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 Member Location: Germany Posts: 329 Joined: 27.05.04 |
Both are males of Didysmachus picipes. Greetings, Danny Wolff www.asilidae.de |
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