Thread subject: Diptera.info :: European Red List

Posted by Zeegers on 11-10-2022 18:03
#1

IUCN published today the European red list Syrphidae.
A small flight for a hoverfly, a giant leap for Syrphidology !
Thanks to all the collegues who contributed.

https://www.iucn.org/press-release/202210/over-one-third-hoverflies-threatened-extinction-europe-iucn-red-list

And …. as we all know, things are not going well, alas.

Theo Zeegers

Posted by John Carr on 11-10-2022 18:23
#2

It pays to be big, pretty, and diurnal. Many tiny, dull, nocturnal Forcipomyia are pollinators too.

Posted by Zeegers on 11-10-2022 20:26
#3

That’s why we need to (start) talk(ing) about the reasons for this decline… if we tackle those for Syrohidae, we tackle those for Forcipomyia and other pollinators likely as well :)

Theo