Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Spring outbreak in cold northwest Germany :-)

Posted by Juergen Peters on 08-02-2008 21:47
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Hello!

Many Episyrphus balteatus (the first 2008) at sunny 10-12 ?C in the garden today Grin:
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Also honey bees, bumble bees, mining bees (Andrena clarkella) and the first Small Tortoise Shell (Aglais urticae).
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Edited by Juergen Peters on 08-02-2008 21:48

Posted by Xespok on 09-02-2008 08:37
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I observed two females yesterday in Hungary. The weather was quite mild.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 09-02-2008 23:37
#3
Hello, Gabor!

Xespok wrote:
I observed two females yesterday in Hungary. The weather was quite mild.


Today we had 13-14 ?C Smile. Dozens of Episyrphus and Eristalis tenax, and the next two butterfly species: Gonepteryx rhamni and Polygonia c-album.

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Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 10-02-2008 02:26
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yep. And I know that was discovered very recently a new species of butterfly in South of Spain that was only cited in Africa... Wink