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 Asilid from Switzerland
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| Cor Zonneveld |
Posted on 29-07-2007 10:05
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 Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06 |
I'm just back from a holiday in Switzerland. Marvellous mountains, with many robberflies! I hope this forum can ID the ones I photographed  This one I only saw at ca 1900 altitude, in half open coniferous woodland. They may rest on the mountain paths but more often I saw them on tree trunks. Medium sized for a robberfly, say ca 15 mm. The yellow bands are especially conspicuous is the fly lands and holds its wings open. Although I'm not sure, I guess these are male and female - though I don't know what is the male, so that information would be useful too! Cor Zonneveld attached the following image:  [143.7Kb] Thanks for your attention Cor Zonneveld |
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| Cor Zonneveld |
Posted on 29-07-2007 10:05
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Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06 |
and the other sex
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| Cor Zonneveld |
Posted on 29-07-2007 10:09
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Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06 |
and here is the view when it has just landed but not yet closed its wings
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| Dysmachus |
Posted on 29-07-2007 10:21
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 Member Location: Germany Posts: 321 Joined: 15.03.06 |
It's Cyrtopogon ruficornis (male and female). Males have very uncommon front tarsi. Please add your images to Wikipedia: http://commons.wi...y:Asilidae - Thanks |
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| Cor Zonneveld |
Posted on 29-07-2007 10:37
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Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06 |
Thanks for the quick reply! What's sp special about the male's front tarsi? Please add your images to Wikipedia I'll do that, as well as to this site's gallery.... Thanks for your attention Cor Zonneveld |
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| Dysmachus |
Posted on 29-07-2007 10:47
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Member Location: Germany Posts: 321 Joined: 15.03.06 |
Please check the front tarsi on image one: they are elongated and narrow - very uncommon, but known from some other genera, too, like Leptarthrus. Yours |
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