Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tephritidae, Euleia heraclei?

Posted by treebeard on 14-05-2020 19:29
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Slovakia, Banska Bystrica, 14 May 2020, riparian gallery, on Prunus padus

Than you in advance
Matej
Edited by treebeard on 14-05-2020 19:30

Posted by treebeard on 14-05-2020 19:31
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Posted by Sundew on 17-05-2020 23:48
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The wind pattern is very typical, so you should be right! It is the brown summer morph, the spring morph is black (mesonotum, scutellum, abdomen). I'd not expected it to appear already in the middle of May.
Regards, Sundew

Posted by Nosferatumyia on 18-05-2020 09:24
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Yes, it is!
The body colouration may depend on the season and temperature of pupal development: entirely black, dark brown with yellow scutellum or entirely orange (Morocco)

Posted by treebeard on 18-05-2020 17:07
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Thank you both!

I have a picture of spring form (if I was right, I did not ask for confirmation then) from the same site from 11 May 2017. What is strange, this season is quite cold in Slovakia, however, winter and early spring were warm.

Posted by Nosferatumyia on 18-05-2020 17:27
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Yes, it is also E. heraclei