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| ChrisR |
Posted on 05-09-2009 10:43
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 Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Yes, it look very autumnal in Finland  Here the mornings are getting cold and it is feeling more like the start of autumn every day. Are you still catching tachinids there? Last weekend was very poor in Dorset but I hope to get something when I go out this afternoon to a few nature reserves 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| JariF |
Posted on 05-09-2009 12:26
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 2072 Joined: 20.01.06 |
Not too many Tachinidae any more, only some Siphona every day. Anyway this is the area where I got Siphona grandistyla 2006 so You never know ... Jari |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 05-09-2009 16:14
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Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I wait with baited breath!  I have very little to report from down here - 2 good nature reserves visited and the only tachs I can report were lots of Tachina fera and Siphona cf geniculata plus a few lonely-looking Exorista cf rustica I am glad it is still summer down near Jorge's malaise trap
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| dhalma |
Posted on 06-09-2009 14:08
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 Member Location: Shirakami, Aomori, Japan Posts: 31 Joined: 15.11.08 |
Sorry, this is not on Diptera. Somebody asked me about wasps in my trap. This is a giant wasp 'Vespa mandarina' captured in my Malaise trap yesterday. Common This terrible wasp will attack my poor bee hives in autumn, in big number. 
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| conopid |
Posted on 06-09-2009 15:42
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 Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
It's HUGE!
Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 06-09-2009 17:09
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
"The hornets can devastate a colony of honey bees: a single hornet can kill as many as 40 honey bees per minute thanks to their large mandibles which can quickly strike and decapitate a bee" YouTube Video Another curious thing on Vespa mandarinia "The toxicity of Vespa mandarinia venom is actually somewhat lower than that of honeybee (Apis mellifera) venom. The median lethal dose (LD50), a dose at which 50% of subjects will die, is 4.1 mg venom per kg body weight (injected in vitro in mice) for Vespa mandarinia and 2.8 mg/kg for honeybee venom. Whereas the honeybee is more toxic, the much larger hornet usually injects a greater quantity of venom, so a hornet sting may be in fact a bit more dangerous. But given the fact, that humans will usually survive several dozen or even hundreds of bee stings without lasting consequences, it becomes evident that claims like "three hornet stings will kill a man" are nonsense. No healthy man dies from only three Vespa mandarinia stings!" Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 06-09-2009 17:38 |
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| Gerard Pennards |
Posted on 06-09-2009 19:19
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 Member Location: Amersfoort Posts: 1914 Joined: 07.06.04 |
Hey Dhalma, And what about the syrphids you catch in your traps?? I'd be intersted in those if you don't do anything with them?? Greetings, Greetings, Gerard Pennards |
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| dhalma |
Posted on 07-09-2009 06:43
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Member Location: Shirakami, Aomori, Japan Posts: 31 Joined: 15.11.08 |
Hi. Konnichiwa. As far as I know, most of the Vespa victims were killed because of allergic shock. Though 3 times I have been stinged by Vespa hornets, I am ok so far. Yes, it is just like the video in my bee field. But I keep Japanese bee, instead of European bee. They developed a strategy to protect themselves. As they know how to fight against Hornets, the attack of Vespa mandarina is not that serious. Syrphids, yes. I keep many. Most of the flies are kept first for my Museum. By the way, what do you have in the bottle of your Malaise traps, or how do you kill insects in your trap, everyone? As I set them for long period in same place, it is not possible to pick up insects every day. I put pure Propylene Glycol in the bottle, as coleopterists do. Tell me please, what you do to collect flies by Malaise trap in good condition. Edited by dhalma on 07-09-2009 08:32 |
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| JariF |
Posted on 07-09-2009 08:15
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Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 2072 Joined: 20.01.06 |
Hi, I use so called "dry malaise" with poison buttons. It keeps me busy, because You must empty the bottle every day (or every second). Many of the flies are still alive and in very good condition. Just now problematic are the spiders. They live long enough to spread their web arond the flies. After pinning every fly will have a five hours acetone bath to keep colours clear. Jari Edited by JariF on 07-09-2009 08:16 |
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| dhalma |
Posted on 07-09-2009 08:38
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Member Location: Shirakami, Aomori, Japan Posts: 31 Joined: 15.11.08 |
Hello, JariF What is poison buttons? Some kind of insecticide? |
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| JariF |
Posted on 07-09-2009 09:32
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Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 2072 Joined: 20.01.06 |
I'm at work just now and can't remember the name. They are yellow tablets from Pherobank in Holland. One tablet lasts nearly whole summer in one trap. Some kind of nerve poison that they use with Unitraps with pheromones. Jari |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 07-09-2009 09:34
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
I use ethanol 70%. It is very cheap and clean. |
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| Tony T |
Posted on 07-09-2009 12:11
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 Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 662 Joined: 08.02.07 |
In NA a standard killing agent in Malaise and pheromone traps is DDVP (Dichlorvos). Just a small piece (1 cubic cm) will probably last all season. It is usually dissolved into a hard plastic. It is a bit oily, so place it in a foil or plastic wrapper with minute pin holes to let the gas escape. Should kill insects within 30 minutes. |
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| Andre |
Posted on 07-09-2009 12:21
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 Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
dhalma wrote: Sorry, this is not on Diptera. Somebody asked me about wasps in my trap. This is a giant wasp 'Vespa mandarina' captured in my Malaise trap yesterday. Common This terrible wasp will attack my poor bee hives in autumn, in big number. I love those wasps... they're great!  |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 07-09-2009 12:28
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19225 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Andre wrote: Apparently they are already active in Southern Europe as well, not only killing bees but also attacking people selling shrimps on fish markets over there. A colleague of mine has a bee-keeping friend in France who has to battle the wasps at times and he will ask him to send us some dead ones. It probably is only a matter of time before the wasps show up here, either in person or in the press as a possible thread to local wild life (including man).
I love those wasps... they're great! Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| JariF |
Posted on 07-09-2009 12:32
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Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 2072 Joined: 20.01.06 |
Tony T wrote: In NA a standard killing agent in Malaise and pheromone traps is DDVP (Dichlorvos). Just a small piece (1 cubic cm) will probably last all season. It is usually dissolved into a hard plastic. It is a bit oily, so place it in a foil or plastic wrapper with minute pin holes to let the gas escape. Should kill insects within 30 minutes. Thank's Tony. That is just the thing I am using. DDVP was the name Jari |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 07-09-2009 12:35
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Jari, where do you buy that DDVP (Dichlorvos)? And how much it cost? Thank you in advance. Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 07-09-2009 12:36 |
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| Andre |
Posted on 07-09-2009 12:37
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Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
Paul Beuk wrote: Empidoids are welcome any time, from any trap. .... which reminds me to repeat my question to Paul... |
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| Andre |
Posted on 07-09-2009 12:39
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Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
Paul Beuk wrote: Andre wrote: Apparently they are already active in Southern Europe as well, not only killing bees but also attacking people selling shrimps on fish markets over there. A colleague of mine has a bee-keeping friend in France who has to battle the wasps at times and he will ask him to send us some dead ones. It probably is only a matter of time before the wasps show up here, either in person or in the press as a possible thread to local wild life (including man).I love those wasps... they're great! Theo Peeters indeed already received several request for information about this species, like from the Ministery of Agriculture...... |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 07-09-2009 12:40
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19225 Joined: 11.05.04 |
You'll have to wait. I don't have a proper work place set up here yet while they are refurbishing my office-to-be.
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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