Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tabanid #1 from 09.08.22: Heptatoma pellucens? --> confirmed

Posted by Juergen Peters on 11-08-2022 05:59
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Hello,

at first I thought, I had found a Stratiomys longicornis (rather surprising in August), but then I saw, it must have been a Tabanid. On Heracleum near a small brook (northwest Germany), about 15 mm.
Edited by Juergen Peters on 11-08-2022 13:14

Posted by Juergen Peters on 11-08-2022 05:59
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Posted by Juergen Peters on 11-08-2022 06:00
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Posted by Juergen Peters on 11-08-2022 06:00
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Posted by Zeegers on 11-08-2022 07:57
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Yes, often found on Heracleum in August.

Theo

Posted by Juergen Peters on 11-08-2022 13:14
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Many thanks, Theo!

Zeegers wrote:
Yes, often found on Heracleum in August.


I had found that species only once before, but that was 19 years ago and end of May (30.05.2003). Must have been on Anthriscus sylvestris at that time. I've only got some bad photos with a cheap camera.