Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Boreal Helophilus
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| pierred |
Posted on 24-08-2006 06:24
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 Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1484 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Hello, Seen on the same flower as the Bibio, at the North Cape (Norway), this Helophilus : pierred attached the following image:  [62.8Kb] Pierre Duhem |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 24-08-2006 06:45
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
H. pendulus
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| pierred |
Posted on 24-08-2006 07:05
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Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1484 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Kahis, thanks. Pierre Duhem |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 24-08-2006 19:18
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19271 Joined: 21.07.04 |
all this effort ! Travelling to the North Cape, to find Helophilus ... anyway, I'm afraid Kahis is right Theo |
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Posted on 25-08-2006 06:31
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Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1484 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Zeegers wrote: all this effort ! Travelling to the North Cape, to find Helophilus ... As a matter of fact, I was rather surprised to see so much insects (and so little mosquitos, because we were on the coast...). Pierre Duhem |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 25-08-2006 08:24
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Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
The arctic has a lot of life during the short summer. Few species in comparison with the tropic of course, but the insect biomass can be impressize considering the conditions. All those migrant geese etc don't fly from Africa to the arctic for nothing  The boreal/arctic Helophilus species are by no means common up north. Having spent a month (total over new last few years) looking for them in northern Finland I've found exactly one H. lapponicus among hundreds of the more common, southern species. Kahis |
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