Posted by Juergen Peters on 21-08-2020 19:40
#1
Hello,
last night in the garden (northwest Germany) I tried to attract Lepidoptera and other insects with two lamps, when I heard a deep buzz. I thought, some kind of big beetle (sometimes some
Necrophorus come to the light) was flying into the wintergarden. But when I looked, I saw this large
Tabanus resting at the ceiling. It was even larger than a 24 mm
T. autumnalis I measured some years ago.
Can it be a female
Tabanus sudeticus? I saw that species (supposed) only a few times in the last 15 years, but never managed t to take a photo.
Edited by Juergen Peters on 21-08-2020 21:11
Posted by libor on 21-08-2020 20:40
#7
Yes, it is. Tabanus sudeticus is common in colder stands in middle and higher altitudes. From my experiance from western parts of the Czech Republic, it prefers bogs, swamps and wet meadows.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 21-08-2020 21:10
#8
Thanks a lot, Libor!
my previous observations were on a relative humid meadow near a small creek (2019) and on a meadow with a swampy valley (many years ago).
Posted by Zeegers on 22-08-2020 07:49
#9
On this side of the Atlantic, they don’t come any bigger.
Theo