Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Pollenia id ?
Posted by BubikolRamios on 20-03-2011 21:26
#1
body ~7 mm
Edited by BubikolRamios on 21-03-2011 01:39
Posted by ChrisR on 20-03-2011 21:36
#2
Pollenia again - you can just see the golden hairs remaining near the scutellum and around the side of the thorax :)
Posted by Juergen Peters on 20-03-2011 22:40
#3
Hello, Chris!
ChrisR wrote:
Pollenia again - you can just see the golden hairs remaining near the scutellum and around the side of the thorax
I wonder, why I always find
Pollenia rather easy to recognize (
numerous here at the moment), even if it has lost nearly all of its characteristic golden hairs. Seems to have a very special "general jizz" for me (I wish, this would be the case for many other flies, too...).
Edited by Juergen Peters on 20-03-2011 22:44
Posted by John Carr on 20-03-2011 22:47
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In North America "cluster flies" (
Pollenia) overwinter as adults and are one of the most common kinds of fly this time of year.
Edited by John Carr on 20-03-2011 22:47
Posted by ChrisR on 20-03-2011 22:56
#5
Yes, I was going to say ...
Pollenia overwinter in out-buildings and are some of the first flies to emerge from hibernation on warm Spring days. This might also explain why most of them are missing the majority of their golden hairs - they are old flies that emerged last autumn, then they have been sitting in cold, dry places all winter, before being seen in the March sunshine :)