Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ecce Sphyracephala europaea!!!

Posted by pwalter on 12-09-2009 22:20
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Hi, I was in Szeged, South-Hungary on Friday and today, and I had time this morning to go to the river bank of Maros, where the very first Sphyracephala europaea, the first Diopsid in Europe was found. I started walking there from the city center at 9, and spent loooong hours with searching. The river bank is really steep, and full of mud of course. Every kind of thorny plants are found there to disencourage photographers:) After a long search, I found this beauty sitting on a leaf of Rubus, just 2-3 ms away from the river. This was at 2 PM, so it was really time consuming, but it was worth it of course! This is a really nice fly. I show pictures of the habitat also. A biologist wrote about his fly that he saw once about 10 000 specimens on a tree which was floating in the river...

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Posted by pwalter on 12-09-2009 22:21
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Posted by pwalter on 12-09-2009 22:23
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Posted by pwalter on 12-09-2009 22:34
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Habitat:

Posted by pwalter on 12-09-2009 22:34
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Posted by ChrisR on 12-09-2009 23:12
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Congratulations! :D Looks like your hard work was repaid in full :)

Posted by Rui Andrade on 12-09-2009 23:23
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10 000 specimens on a tree??? The guy saw paradise:o

Posted by Kahis on 12-09-2009 23:28
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Rui Andrade wrote:
10 000 specimens on a tree??? The guy saw paradise:o


Who would have thought paradise is that muddy :)

Posted by Rui Andrade on 12-09-2009 23:33
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I know, isn't it usual to hear that mud is nice for the skin? That makes it two reasons to get in the mud:D.

Posted by pwalter on 12-09-2009 23:40
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If You're in a boat the mud does not matter :) Maybe next year I'll be able to make videos :)

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 12-09-2009 23:44
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congrats.

Posted by Andre on 14-09-2009 11:59
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It's not a nice fly. It's very ugly.. But then again, you don't tell a mother her baby is ugly, you tell her it's sweet.
This fly is veeeeeeeery sweet :D:P

Posted by conopid on 14-09-2009 18:48
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It IS a nice fly. So there! ;)

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Posted by cavex on 31-07-2010 11:21
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Nice pictures, Pwalter! Did you only see one single specimen on the whole trip?? Hans

Posted by pwalter on 31-07-2010 11:50
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cavex wrote:
Nice pictures, Pwalter! Did you only see one single specimen on the whole trip?? Hans


Yea, only one! September is not the best month to find it. Nikola Rahmé, who is also active in diptera.info, saw more, here's a link.

Walter

Posted by cavex on 31-07-2010 13:24
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Thank you Walter, I'm thinking about visiting the site one day, I'm writing a small publication about European fossil Diopsidae now. Hans