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 Rhino sp.?
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 04-07-2010 23:19
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 Member Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Posts: 2082 Joined: 17.10.05 |
hi flyforum, This afternoon I got this little Rhino sp. (?). I was thinking of Rhinophoridae.. place: Amsterdam forest, vegetation near water size: 5-6mm date: 4-07-2010 Robert Heemskerk attached the following image:  [136.74Kb] Greeting, Robert Heemskerk ---- WWW: http://robertheem...ndedag.htm --- |
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 04-07-2010 23:19
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Member Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Posts: 2082 Joined: 17.10.05 |
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Robert Heemskerk attached the following image:  [134.82Kb] Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 04-07-2010 23:20 Greeting, Robert Heemskerk ---- WWW: http://robertheem...ndedag.htm --- |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 04-07-2010 23:36
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 Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Looks like Rhinophora lepida - the standard really tiny rhino that sits on foliage in gardens etc 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 05-07-2010 21:36
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18787 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Yes it is. Females lack the greyish dustspots on tergites. Get to know this species from all angles, since it will be very common till end of August ! Theo |
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 05-07-2010 22:44
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Member Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Posts: 2082 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Thanks ChrisR and TheoZ
Greeting, Robert Heemskerk ---- WWW: http://robertheem...ndedag.htm --- |
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