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Posted by cyprinoid on 29-09-2009 19:10

I found a small meadow in a marshy aerea where the Helophilus'es were much lighter in colour than I normally see. Some did not have any deep yellow at all and gave the impression of being completely off-white (and black). Also, they were bigger than the ones in my garden 25-30mm maybe

Norway 24.09,

Edited by cyprinoid on 29-09-2009 19:10

Posted by cyprinoid on 29-09-2009 22:09

OK, maybe I was overly-excited by the find of such a beautiful meadow in the wasteland that is the Norwegian wilderness. So, I shall moderate my assumptions to between 20-25. I will take poison if they were any less :)

edit: typos

Thanks

Edited by cyprinoid on 29-09-2009 22:36

Posted by cyprinoid on 30-09-2009 10:02

I will.. when the time is right :|

(Even though I am coming more and more to my senses, I still think that the bigger ones were ca 20mm.. :D)

Now, where to find a source for Pentobarbital?

Edited by cyprinoid on 30-09-2009 10:47

Posted by Roger Thomason on 30-09-2009 16:41

Hi Hakon
Save the Pentobarbital...I've got some Tramadol and Diclofenac painkillers which should do the job, surplus to requirements.
They will screw your head for a while, but as you think these hovers were 25-30mm, then 20-25mm, reduced to 20mm in the last post, you're halfway there already :P.

Roger

Posted by cyprinoid on 30-09-2009 17:54

Yes, if I keep conforming, and with the help of your cocktail, they will be 10mm tomorrow and the day after they will not have existed at all.

My excuse is that the original post was posted in a haze (which still lingers) two days after the birth of my daughter :)

I will not argue since I am wrong, but there were definitely different sized H. pendulus there and some gave the impression of being larger and bulkier than Eristalis spp. (pertinax/tenax) which were on the same flowers.

Next thing you know I will be posting while drunk :@

Posted by Roger Thomason on 30-09-2009 18:14

Congrats on the birth of your daughter Hakon. I won't ask what size she was for obvious reasons. :D
I thought most of the postings here were sent in while under the influence of something or another...I think Andrea answers them from a Coffee House, or a sauna :P

Roger....from my house...sober.

Posted by cyprinoid on 02-10-2009 20:19

#11

Very possible, since I can't tell them apart.
I will revisit that spot some day and look for them again, probably not this season though.

What size can be expected from H. trivittatus?

Posted by Andre on 03-10-2009 15:40

#12

The four most common species in southern Norway (but there are some more!!)
Helophilus affinis 14-16 mm
Helophilus hybridus 14-16 mm
Helophilus pendulus 11-13 mm
Helophilus trivittatus 14-18 mm