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 Arctophila superbiens ?
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 29-08-2009 17:56
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 Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Just saw this lovely hoverfly in a forest glade in Dorset, south-west England - is it Arctophila superbiens?
ChrisR attached the following image:  [95.27Kb] Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Andre |
Posted on 29-08-2009 18:35
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 Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
Lucky b*****! Great picture! One for the gallery, please? |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 29-08-2009 19:23
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Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
No problem  It can join the queue of 160+ photos waiting for me to approve them  It is a lovely fly though - pretty uncommon in the UK I think (mainly western in distribution) and it immediately caught my attention as something *very* interesting, even though I had never heard of it before. How common is it in Europe? (a few more photos to follow) ChrisR attached the following image:  [94.43Kb] Edited by ChrisR on 29-08-2009 19:30 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 29-08-2009 19:29
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Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
another angle...
ChrisR attached the following image:  [123.03Kb] Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Andre |
Posted on 30-08-2009 07:39
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Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
It is rare everywhere! Wow, that second shot is wonderful! |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 30-08-2009 08:23
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Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
When I get back home I will sort out the best photos and upload them to the gallery  Thx for the information ... and to think, I was disappointed because I hadn't seen any good flies this trip!
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| jezlee |
Posted on 01-09-2009 23:41
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 Member Location: West Midlands, UK Posts: 195 Joined: 12.06.06 |
Hi Chris - just meanderin trough some older threads and saw this! Nice shots of your A.superbiens, if I may say so! I saw one a couple of years ago near Telford, in Shropshire. I love this pic of her face ...
Edited by jezlee on 01-09-2009 23:42 Jez Lee www.uknature.co.uk |
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| jezlee |
Posted on 01-09-2009 23:44
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Member Location: West Midlands, UK Posts: 195 Joined: 12.06.06 |
Bugger! Why don't half my pics upload? It's less than 196Kb and less than 600 pixels wide ... 
jezlee attached the following image:  [53.41Kb] Jez Lee www.uknature.co.uk |
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| jezlee |
Posted on 01-09-2009 23:45
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Member Location: West Midlands, UK Posts: 195 Joined: 12.06.06 |
Yay!!
Jez Lee www.uknature.co.uk |
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| tristanba |
Posted on 02-09-2009 00:21
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 Member Location: UK Posts: 97 Joined: 29.05.07 |
Top find Chris I am always looking for this one in north Wales on Scabious flowers but no luck as yet |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 02-09-2009 08:53
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Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
It was a bit of luck in an otherwise fairly fly-free holiday The site itself is lovely - a wide, sunny track through some pretty good Dorset woodland, lined with lots of Angelica and Hemp Agrimony. But maybe it was just bad timing or a cold day.
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| conopid |
Posted on 02-09-2009 18:00
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 Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
It's been quite hard to find this year. I have only seen two specimens in Shropshire UK, where it is reasonably dependable as a late summer treat! http://www.flickr...otostream/ Edited by conopid on 02-09-2009 18:04 Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| Andre |
Posted on 03-09-2009 12:46
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Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
'Only seen two specimens', he said.........  |
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| conopid |
Posted on 03-09-2009 12:48
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Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
In a local wood, a few years ago, I saw ten in one afternoon
Edited by conopid on 03-09-2009 12:49 Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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