Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chrysops sp.

Posted by LakeSide on 09-10-2008 00:02
#1
It is possible to identify this horsefly to more than Chrysops species? Found in the Netherlands in "de Biesbosch" (a swamplike nature reserve) on the 2nd of August 2008.

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Edited by LakeSide on 09-10-2008 00:08

Posted by Zeegers on 11-10-2008 10:57
#2
Yes, it is a male relictus.

Great pics.


Theo

Posted by LakeSide on 11-10-2008 14:23
#3
Thank you very much Theo.