Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Cephenemyia stimulator ? (4 pics)

Posted by Rupert Huber on 12-07-2010 21:34
#1

Hello to all!
Is there anything to mix this lovely fly up with? It was on top of a mountain as high as 2289m, so there were no deers close, only chamoises perhaps.
Size approx. 15mm

11.7.2010, Austria, Salzburg, Tennengebirge, Mt. Scheiblingkogel

Posted by Rupert Huber on 12-07-2010 21:35
#2

2nd pic

Posted by Rupert Huber on 12-07-2010 21:35
#3

3rd pic

Posted by Rupert Huber on 12-07-2010 21:35
#4

4th pic

Posted by Tony Irwin on 13-07-2010 21:18
#5

If there was ever a fly that would appeal to the public - this must be it!! I really want one for Christmas!;)
And I'd agree that this is stimulator. The host is Capreolus - Roe Deer. It has been recorded at over 2200 meters, and this one may be "hill-topping" - so higher than its hosts.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 13-07-2010 21:54
#6

WOW! Certainly a beast.
May you show the photo of the place where you found this one^? Thanks.

Posted by Rupert Huber on 14-07-2010 08:14
#7

Thank you both!
Here's a picture of the place where I found it. It was the pile of stones in the front part of the pic.

Posted by Zeegers on 14-07-2010 18:22
#8

Yes, you have been hilltopping, haven't you ?
It is a classic


Theo

Posted by Rupert Huber on 15-07-2010 08:08
#9

Yes, and although exhausting, I can very well understand the flies and butterflies who love to do this, too. :D