Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tephritidae II - Tephritis bardanae
Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 10-09-2022 20:29
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South Norway 6 September. The fly was knocked down from a cypress tree (?).
Edited by Morten A Mjelde on 11-09-2022 18:00
Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 10-09-2022 20:30
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Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 10-09-2022 20:30
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Posted by Ben Hamers on 10-09-2022 22:37
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Tephritis bardanae
Ben
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 11-09-2022 09:40
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It is a normal behavior of Tephritis spp. to hide inside the cypress andjuniper trees. Theyoverwinter as adults apparently hide there. A few of them survive until summer.
Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 11-09-2022 17:59
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Many thanks Ben, for the species identification and many thanks Val, for the interesting information about Tephritis.
Morten