Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 10-08-2007 21:51
#1
I saw this lovely Tabanid 18 July in Switzerland, Passo de Lucomagno, approx 1950 m altitude. It's rather smallish species, say some 10 mm. The flowers the fly is on are
Saxifraga aizoides. The plants grew in a small and shallow mountain river, in a valley where cattle grazes occasionally.
I couldn't find a match in the gallery, so I would like to ask suggestions for its ID.
Posted by Zeegers on 11-08-2007 11:57
#4
Terrific !
Male Glaucops hirsutus, high altitude horsefly in the Alps.
Theo
Posted by Tony T on 11-08-2007 16:15
#5
Superb photos. I have collected females of the very similar
Glaucops fratellus in the Rocky Mountains of Canada.