Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tabanid #2 from 09.08.22: Tabanus sudeticus? --> confirmed

Posted by Juergen Peters on 11-08-2022 06:07
#1
Hello,

only some centimeters apart from the Heptatoma pellucens I noticed this very large fly (>25 mm) sitting on blackberries at a hedge near a small rivulet (northwest Germany). I could only take two photos, before it flew away. Is an ID possible from this perspective?

P.S.: These big Tabanidae weren't agressive, but while taking photos I was bitten by two Haematopota pluvialis... Angry
Edited by Juergen Peters on 11-08-2022 13:21

Posted by Juergen Peters on 11-08-2022 06:08
#2
Pic #2

Posted by Zeegers on 11-08-2022 07:57
#3
Yes, that is sudeticus.

I guess, you didn’t resemble a cow to her. Smile


Theo

Posted by Juergen Peters on 11-08-2022 13:18
#4
Hello Theo,

Zeegers wrote:
Yes, that is sudeticus.


thanks again!

I guess, you didn’t resemble a cow to her. Smile


But I must have two years ago Cool. One of these monsters tried to bite me - through my jeans...