Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ecce Sphyracephala europaea!!!
Posted by
pwalter on 12-09-2009 22:20
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Hi, I was in Szeged, South-Hungary on Friday and today, and I had time this morning to go to the river bank of Maros, where the very first Sphyracephala europaea, the first Diopsid in Europe was found. I started walking there from the city center at 9, and spent loooong hours with searching. The river bank is really steep, and full of mud of course. Every kind of thorny plants are found there to disencourage photographers
After a long search, I found this beauty sitting on a leaf of Rubus, just 2-3 ms away from the river. This was at 2 PM, so it was really time consuming, but it was worth it of course! This is a really nice fly. I show pictures of the habitat also. A biologist wrote about his fly that he saw once about 10 000 specimens on a tree which was floating in the river...
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pwalter on 12-09-2009 22:21
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pwalter on 12-09-2009 22:21
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pwalter on 12-09-2009 22:22
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pwalter on 12-09-2009 22:23
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Posted by
pwalter on 12-09-2009 22:34
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Habitat:
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pwalter on 12-09-2009 22:34
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Posted by
ChrisR on 12-09-2009 23:12
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Congratulations!
Looks like your hard work was repaid in full
#7
10 000 specimens on a tree??? The guy saw paradise
Posted by
Kahis on 12-09-2009 23:28
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Rui Andrade wrote:
10 000 specimens on a tree??? The guy saw paradise
Who would have thought paradise is that muddy
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I know, isn't it usual to hear that mud is nice for the skin? That makes it two reasons to get in the mud
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Posted by
pwalter on 12-09-2009 23:40
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If You're in a boat the mud does not matter
Maybe next year I'll be able to make videos
Posted by
Andre on 14-09-2009 11:59
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It's not a nice fly. It's very ugly.. But then again, you don't tell a mother her baby is ugly, you tell her it's sweet.
This fly is veeeeeeeery sweet
Posted by
conopid on 14-09-2009 18:48
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It IS a nice fly. So there!
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conopid on 14-09-2009 18:48
Posted by
cavex on 31-07-2010 11:21
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Nice pictures, Pwalter! Did you only see one single specimen on the whole trip?? Hans
Posted by
pwalter on 31-07-2010 11:50
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cavex wrote:
Nice pictures, Pwalter! Did you only see one single specimen on the whole trip?? Hans
Yea, only one! September is not the best month to find it. Nikola Rahm�, who is also active in diptera.info, saw more, here's a
link.
Walter
Posted by
cavex on 31-07-2010 13:24
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Thank you Walter, I'm thinking about visiting the site one day, I'm writing a small publication about European fossil Diopsidae now. Hans