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Urs	#1 Posted on 09-05-2007 18:08
Member Location: CH-9630 Wattwil Posts: 1014 Joined: 09.03.06	is that Euleia heraclei? Foto: Switzerland, Wattwil SG, 750m NN, Thanks for any help. Regards Urs Urs attached the following image: [64.34Kb]


Paul Beuk	#2 Posted on 09-05-2007 20:16
Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19363 Joined: 11.05.04	I'd say so, but in THIS PICTURE the scutellum is entirely black. Intraspecific variation? Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info


Urs	#3 Posted on 10-05-2007 08:56
Member Location: CH-9630 Wattwil Posts: 1014 Joined: 09.03.06	you are right, there is a little difference. Anyway, thank you for the answer. Regards Urs


John Smit	#4 Posted on 10-05-2007 09:25
Member Location: Utrecht Posts: 565 Joined: 05.10.04	Indeed Euleia heraclei, and the differences in colouration can be even extremer, the entire body can be orange-brown. John


Urs	#5 Posted on 10-05-2007 17:35
Member Location: CH-9630 Wattwil Posts: 1014 Joined: 09.03.06	Hi John, i think in springtime the body is black and in summer orange-brown. Thank you for confirming Euleia heraclei. Regards Urs


John Smit	#6 Posted on 11-05-2007 23:08
Member Location: Utrecht Posts: 565 Joined: 05.10.04	Most summer specimens are orange-brown, but not all! Cheers, John


Urs	#7 Posted on 12-05-2007 16:55
Member Location: CH-9630 Wattwil Posts: 1014 Joined: 09.03.06	Hi John, thank you for the information, i did not know that. Regards Urs


amaira	#8 Posted on 12-05-2007 18:11
Member Location: Stockholm Sweden Posts: 414 Joined: 13.08.06	Me too say thankyou for the information. This fly, Euleia heraclei, is realy intresting! I had one in my garden (just outside Stockholm, Sweden) last week, and I couldn?t see what kind of insect it was, at the first glance! Not so big, but with claws like a crayfish, and big antennas. After a while I saw the real head at the other end and then recognised it as a fly.


John Smit	#9 Posted on 13-05-2007 12:19
Member Location: Utrecht Posts: 565 Joined: 05.10.04	, never thought of it that way, but looking at your picture I see what you mean! The 'trouble' of being in-too-deep...