Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Arctophila superbiens ?
Posted by ChrisR on 29-08-2009 18:56
#1
Just saw this lovely hoverfly in a forest glade in Dorset, south-west England - is it
Arctophila superbiens?
Posted by Andre on 29-08-2009 19:35
#2
Lucky b*****! Great picture! One for the gallery, please?
Posted by ChrisR on 29-08-2009 20:23
#3
No problem :D It can join the queue of 160+ photos waiting for me to approve them ;)
It is a lovely fly though - pretty uncommon in the UK I think (mainly western in distribution) and it immediately caught my attention as something *very* interesting, even though I had never heard of it before.
How common is it in Europe?
(a few more photos to follow)
Edited by ChrisR on 29-08-2009 20:30
Posted by ChrisR on 29-08-2009 20:29
#4
another angle...
Posted by Andre on 30-08-2009 08:39
#5
It is rare everywhere! Wow, that second shot is wonderful!
Posted by ChrisR on 30-08-2009 09:23
#6
When I get back home I will sort out the best photos and upload them to the gallery :) Thx for the information ... and to think, I was disappointed because I hadn't seen any good flies this trip! :)
Posted by jezlee on 02-09-2009 00:41
#7
Hi Chris - just meanderin trough some older threads and saw this! Nice shots of your
A.superbiens, if I may say so! I saw one a couple of years ago near Telford, in Shropshire. I love this pic of her face ... :)
Edited by jezlee on 02-09-2009 00:42
Posted by jezlee on 02-09-2009 00:44
#8
Bugger! Why don't half my pics upload? It's less than 196Kb and less than 600 pixels wide ... :@
Posted by jezlee on 02-09-2009 00:45
#9
Yay!! :D
Posted by tristanba on 02-09-2009 01:21
#10
Top find Chris :) I am always looking for this one in north Wales on Scabious flowers but no luck as yet
Posted by ChrisR on 02-09-2009 09:53
#11
It was a bit of luck in an otherwise fairly fly-free holiday :) The site itself is lovely - a wide, sunny track through some pretty good Dorset woodland, lined with lots of Angelica and Hemp Agrimony. But maybe it was just bad timing or a cold day.
Posted by conopid on 02-09-2009 19:00
#12
It's been quite hard to find this year. I have only seen two specimens in Shropshire UK, where it is reasonably dependable as a late summer treat!
http://www.flickr...otostream/
Edited by conopid on 02-09-2009 19:04
Posted by Andre on 03-09-2009 13:46
#13
'Only seen two specimens', he said......... :o
Posted by conopid on 03-09-2009 13:48
#14
In a local wood, a few years ago, I saw ten in one afternoon:o:o:o
Edited by conopid on 03-09-2009 13:49