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 Asiliade - Identification possible?
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| Stella M |
Posted on 05-07-2020 10:31
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 Member Location: Germany Posts: 212 Joined: 10.05.18 |
Hi, found on 01-June-2020 in a nature reserve, former sand dunes of river Rhine, Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, "Mainzer Sand", Mainz Can it be further identified? Many thanks and regards, Stella Stella M attached the following image:  [89.03Kb] |
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| Stella M |
Posted on 05-07-2020 10:32
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Member Location: Germany Posts: 212 Joined: 10.05.18 |
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| Stella M |
Posted on 05-07-2020 10:32
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Member Location: Germany Posts: 212 Joined: 10.05.18 |
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| Quaedfliegh |
Posted on 05-07-2020 20:46
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 Member Location: Tilburg Netherlands Posts: 2215 Joined: 18.05.10 |
This is a female Dysmachus trigonus
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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| Stella M |
Posted on 07-07-2020 20:16
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Member Location: Germany Posts: 212 Joined: 10.05.18 |
Hello Reinoud, thank you very much! This is a very beautiful fly, really fascinating... Best regards, Stella |
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| Quaedfliegh |
Posted on 09-07-2020 23:13
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Member Location: Tilburg Netherlands Posts: 2215 Joined: 18.05.10 |
I like your sense of beauty :-) I think they are primordial, and although D trigonus is rather small for an Asilid it is brutal and fearless and will chase prey large and small and even their own kind.
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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| Stella M |
Posted on 10-07-2020 17:15
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Member Location: Germany Posts: 212 Joined: 10.05.18 |
Primorial, efficient and fearless for sure... her prey was not a small one, but had no chance. She was like a miniature lioness - or maybe better snow leopard with this silver fur ... But well, people are very strange sometimes as well - some years ago, I would never have imagined, that soon, I would photograph flies that kill.. I didn't even know they exist... ;-) And now I see them - and more questions will come... :-) Have a nice weekend, Stella |
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| Quaedfliegh |
Posted on 12-07-2020 02:32
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Member Location: Tilburg Netherlands Posts: 2215 Joined: 18.05.10 |
:-) You too!
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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