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 Tephritidae II - Tephritis bardanae
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| Morten A Mjelde |
Posted on 10-09-2022 20:29
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South Norway 6 September. The fly was knocked down from a cypress tree (?).
Edited by Morten A Mjelde on 11-09-2022 18:00 |
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| Morten A Mjelde |
Posted on 10-09-2022 20:30
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| Morten A Mjelde |
Posted on 10-09-2022 20:30
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| Ben Hamers |
Posted on 10-09-2022 22:37
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Tephritis bardanae Ben |
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 11-09-2022 09:40
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It is a normal behavior of Tephritis spp. to hide inside the cypress andjuniper trees. Theyoverwinter as adults apparently hide there. A few of them survive until summer.
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| Morten A Mjelde |
Posted on 11-09-2022 17:59
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Many thanks Ben, for the species identification and many thanks Val, for the interesting information about Tephritis. Morten |
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but don't see the image in the post.
