Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Large Stratiomyiid
Posted by Juergen Peters on 02-08-2007 18:22
#1
Hello!
Unfortunately this big (15 mm) yellow and black
Stratiomys flew off and away before I could take another shot :(. I suppose it is not possible to say whether it is
S. potamida (I have watched two ore three times before here) or
S. chamaeleon (?).
On the next two postings just for fun B) another - smaller - Stratiomyid, I have found for the first time here yesterday:
Oplodonta viridula.
(All pics taken on August-01 in Ostwestfalen/Germany).
Posted by Juergen Peters on 02-08-2007 18:27
#2
Oplodonta pic #1
Edited by Juergen Peters on 02-08-2007 20:29
Posted by Juergen Peters on 02-08-2007 18:30
#3
Juergen Peters wrote:
Oplodonta pic #1
Strange: The software says "Attachment file type not allowed". No special characters or spaces in filename, size 33 KB, simple JPEG format (tried extensions .jpg and .JPG)...
Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-08-2007 19:36
#4
In that case, open the file, save it again and try again. Dunno why, but it often helps.
Posted by Zeegers on 02-08-2007 19:56
#5
I can't exclude singularior based on this picture.
chamaelon is very rare in Germany, I guess, and potamida quite common in some regions. So chamaelon would be my last guess.
Theo
Posted by Juergen Peters on 02-08-2007 20:28
#6
Hello, Theo!
Zeegers wrote:
I can't exclude singularior based on this picture.
On the pictures in the gallery and other sources I find
S. singularior not so yellow. It is not very well visible on the photo, but this one was really bright yellow and black. So I assume it's
potamida. Thanks!
Posted by Juergen Peters on 02-08-2007 20:30
#7
Hello, Paul!
Paul Beuk wrote:
In that case, open the file, save it again and try again. Dunno why, but it often helps.
Peculiar, but that worked. Thanks!
I hope it will also with this second pic. B)
Posted by Zeegers on 02-08-2007 21:14
#8
If it was bright yellow, it's not singularior, you are right.
SO potamida is most likely.
The second one is (H)Oplodonta viridula.
Theo