Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tabanidae 1 - Hybomitra muehlfeldi (?)

Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 11-05-2020 06:32
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South Norway, Telemark.
09.05.2020,
In my garden.
About 15 mm.

Edited by Morten A Mjelde on 11-05-2020 21:41

Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 11-05-2020 06:32
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Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 11-05-2020 06:33
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Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 11-05-2020 06:33
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Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 11-05-2020 06:34
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Posted by Zeegers on 11-05-2020 07:07
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Could you please make a shot straight frontal of the head ?
I need to measure the relative proportions.

Theo

Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 11-05-2020 18:23
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Posted by Zeegers on 11-05-2020 19:20
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Thanks. Male bimaculata-group.
Should be male H. muehlfeldi, which is very early in the year.

Theo

Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 11-05-2020 21:39
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Thank you very much! There has been little snow this winter - and an early spring - so I don't think it is unnatural for some species to appear earlier.

Rosevinge