Posted by sd on 04-08-2011 15:19
#1
Sardinia, Tortoli, 22nd June 2011. Altitude 25m.
Stony riverbed, male and female on flowering herbs. Male 14mm, female 13mm.
This delicate tabanid is
Pangonius striatus, a species considered endemic to Sardinia. Note the small dusted face, dark femora, stripes on the thorax, and eyes meeting for a long distance in the male. Also relatively short proboscis
I hope Pietro will not mind if I also mention the excellent photos he took of this species last year which are on his Flickr site (which has many other great photos of Sardinian insects)
http://www.flickr...otostream/
Steve
PS is anyone able to identify the plant, is it
Mintho aquatica?
Edited by sd on 04-08-2011 15:29
Posted by Zeegers on 04-08-2011 17:06
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Very nice !!
Need to work on this one, I come back to you
Theo