Posted by Northwinds on 21-04-2006 07:57
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Jan Willem wrote:
Hi Peter,
I collected a specimen which I identified as Tephritis neesii last monday (Tilburg, The Netherlands)! According to Merz (1994, Insecta Helvitica Fauna 10; Diptera, Tephritidae; page 73) the flying period would be April-begin Juli. That may be the flight period for Switzerland. However I learned from John that he also found a specimen of T. neesii in early April.
Jan Willem
Hi Jan Willem, my flying period information of July-September comes from Kabos/Van Aartsen (1984 Wet.Med KNNV De Nederlandse Boorvliegen (Tephritidae) en Prachtvliegen (Otitidae))
It describes T. neesii as very rare for the Netherlands with sofar (in 1984) only 4 caught specimen.
I suspect that since then the species has become more abundant and more accurate information has become available.
Peter