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 Arctophila superbiens ?
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| brigitteu |
Posted on 16-10-2009 21:48
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 Member Location: Switzerland Posts: 879 Joined: 08.07.09 |
Location: Switzerland, 430 müM, near small wetland and edge of a wood Date: 09.08.09 Size: about 14 mm difficult to take pics, never sitting for a long time on the flower . . . Could anybody please confirm my "search" or adjust? Thank you! Regards, Brigitte brigitteu attached the following image:  [35.61Kb] |
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| brigitteu |
Posted on 16-10-2009 21:48
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Member Location: Switzerland Posts: 879 Joined: 08.07.09 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 16-10-2009 21:51
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 Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Looks very similar to one I saw in the summer - here 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| brigitteu |
Posted on 16-10-2009 22:03
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Member Location: Switzerland Posts: 879 Joined: 08.07.09 |
wow, yours is a nice pic! I think it is the same pretty howerfly :-) Thanks, Brigitte |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 16-10-2009 22:34
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Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Thanks - it was a surprisingly difficult fly to photograph - it wasn't fast but the light wasn't good on that day
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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