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unknown fly, eating an apple... => Pollenia sp
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Lennart Bendixen |
Posted on 13-03-2015 13:26
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Member Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1171 Joined: 19.12.14 |
Hi, can someone identify this fly? It was having a meal in the sun yesterday afternoon. Thank you very much! Lennart 2015-03-12, Germany, S-H, Mohrkirch, on a rotten apple in the garden Lennart Bendixen attached the following image: [151.37Kb] Edited by Lennart Bendixen on 13-03-2015 22:21 |
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Lennart Bendixen |
Posted on 13-03-2015 13:26
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Member Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1171 Joined: 19.12.14 |
here's another picture
Lennart Bendixen attached the following image: [119.95Kb] |
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John Carr |
Posted on 13-03-2015 13:30
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Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10168 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Pollenia Some species overwinter as adults and are common on the first warm days of spring. |
Lennart Bendixen |
Posted on 13-03-2015 22:20
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Member Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1171 Joined: 19.12.14 |
Thank you John! I only knew those Pollenia species with more golden hair on the pronotum - or is it just gone, because the fly is aged? |
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John Carr |
Posted on 13-03-2015 23:53
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Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10168 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Lennart Bendixen wrote: Thank you John! I only knew those Pollenia species with more golden hair on the pronotum - or is it just gone, because the fly is aged? They can lose the yellow hair. This one still has hair on the side of the thorax. |
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