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Asilus (?) from Uganda
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pat_der2003 |
Posted on 09-08-2017 10:15
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Member Location: Paris area, France Posts: 1731 Joined: 20.08.07 |
Hello, A Uganda's bird watcher and guide took this picture recently in Uganda ... It reminds me some Asilus or at least Asilidae ... Is it possible to Id this hairy one ? Thanks in advance !! ![]() pat_der2003 attached the following image: ![]() [84.09Kb] Edited by pat_der2003 on 09-08-2017 10:16 |
tristram |
Posted on 09-08-2017 13:45
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1333 Joined: 27.06.10 |
Looks liks a hybrid between an Asilid and a monkey! (only joking) |
pat_der2003 |
Posted on 09-08-2017 14:38
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Member Location: Paris area, France Posts: 1731 Joined: 20.08.07 |
![]() ![]() ![]() There's a species of monkey called "mantled guereza (Colobus guereza), also known simply as the guereza, the eastern black-and-white colobus, or the Abyssinian black-and-white colobus" that I saw in Uganda and Ethiopia !! Quite the same ... A little bit bigger ! ![]() ![]() |
Tony Irwin |
Posted on 09-08-2017 17:30
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![]() Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7245 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Hyperechia nigrita, I think
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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pat_der2003 |
Posted on 09-08-2017 17:58
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Member Location: Paris area, France Posts: 1731 Joined: 20.08.07 |
Hum, looks like that very much !! ![]() ![]() Many thanks Tony !! ![]() |
Quaedfliegh |
Posted on 09-08-2017 22:30
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Lovely creature ![]() 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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