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 The largest fly, I've ever seen (Tabanus) from 20.08.20 --> Tabanus sudeticus (f)
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 21-08-2020 19:40
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14219 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, last night in the garden (northwest Germany) I tried to attract Lepidoptera and other insects with two lamps, when I heard a deep buzz. I thought, some kind of big beetle (sometimes some Necrophorus come to the light) was flying into the wintergarden. But when I looked, I saw this large Tabanus resting at the ceiling. It was even larger than a 24 mm T. autumnalis I measured some years ago. Can it be a female Tabanus sudeticus? I saw that species (supposed) only a few times in the last 15 years, but never managed t to take a photo. Juergen Peters attached the following image:  [137.47Kb] Edited by Juergen Peters on 21-08-2020 21:11 Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 21-08-2020 19:40
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14219 Joined: 11.09.04 |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 21-08-2020 19:42
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14219 Joined: 11.09.04 |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 21-08-2020 19:42
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14219 Joined: 11.09.04 |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 21-08-2020 19:43
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14219 Joined: 11.09.04 |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 21-08-2020 19:43
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14219 Joined: 11.09.04 |
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| libor |
Posted on 21-08-2020 20:40
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Member Location: western Bohemia Posts: 1290 Joined: 30.05.09 |
Yes, it is. Tabanus sudeticus is common in colder stands in middle and higher altitudes. From my experiance from western parts of the Czech Republic, it prefers bogs, swamps and wet meadows. |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 21-08-2020 21:10
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14219 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Thanks a lot, Libor! my previous observations were on a relative humid meadow near a small creek (2019) and on a meadow with a swampy valley (many years ago). Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 22-08-2020 07:49
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19101 Joined: 21.07.04 |
On this side of the Atlantic, they don’t come any bigger. Theo |
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