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 Genus and sp? = Eutolmus rufibarbis
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| johnes81 |
Posted on 02-12-2017 16:04
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 Member Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 1980 Joined: 15.10.16 |
Berlin - July - at a window I have no experience with Asilidae but they are super cool insects. very fascinating! I am hoping for a genus and is this a female? Thank you for your time. 
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| johnes81 |
Posted on 02-12-2017 16:05
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Member Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 1980 Joined: 15.10.16 |
terminalia closeup
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| johnes81 |
Posted on 02-12-2017 16:27
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Member Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 1980 Joined: 15.10.16 |
I am a bit tired today. The original subject was "Family and genus?" I know it is Asilidae. I'm goofy today. sorry. John and Nini. Naturalists not experts. |
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| Quaedfliegh |
Posted on 03-12-2017 15:41
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 Member Location: Tilburg Netherlands Posts: 2225 Joined: 18.05.10 |
:-) Asilidae> Asilinae > Eutolmus > rufibarbis
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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| johnes81 |
Posted on 03-12-2017 17:01
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Member Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 1980 Joined: 15.10.16 |
Thank you very much Sir Reinoud. I didn't expect a species level id. I appreciate you very much. I started researching this species and I see that it is a male. Robberflies are so very fascinating and also very large compared to other diptera
John and Nini. Naturalists not experts. |
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| johnes81 |
Posted on 03-12-2017 17:04
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Member Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 1980 Joined: 15.10.16 |
I see that we have this in the gallery. If you wish for me to add another example, then just let me know ...
John and Nini. Naturalists not experts. |
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| Quaedfliegh |
Posted on 04-12-2017 01:10
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Member Location: Tilburg Netherlands Posts: 2225 Joined: 18.05.10 |
They can also be very tiny and cute: https://diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=39810 Or, indeed, large and scary, whooooha:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZijPsDgISh0 They have sort of character :-) 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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| johnes81 |
Posted on 04-12-2017 17:13
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Member Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 1980 Joined: 15.10.16 |
wow! that is very cute. looks fluffy. good for dusting the house https://diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=39810 I agree that the large ones can be intimidating when first encountered. I just started photographing diptera in 2014, id est, I never paid attention to them before. I also didn't know anything about cameras and photography. Plus, I thought that I could identify by photo back then. I remember a very large robberfly landed on a stone wall in front of me at a local park. My Wife and I wondered what it could be. we were a bit intimidated because we din't know if it bites or not. I think that it is Echthistus rufinervis but I am not certain of the id. The fly must've been 20+mm so a bit intimidating and probably very scary to many people photo attached to illustrate my story. back then, I was suckered into believing that a compact camera with digital zoom is a pro setup  thus, photo is very bad. yet I still think it should be Echthistus rufinervis
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| Quaedfliegh |
Posted on 05-12-2017 15:15
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Member Location: Tilburg Netherlands Posts: 2225 Joined: 18.05.10 |
Predators with an attitude, but harmeless to us (usually). It could well be Echthistus, but how to exclude Antipalus? :-) I have too little experience with Echthistus
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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