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Post by colin12303 on Dec 14, 2014 14:56:07 GMT -8
I collect asilidae and also if i see them wasp and bee mimic hoverflies.
Trouble i find is trying to id them as even the small number of British ones a lot are very alike and also
variable in size and colour
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Post by doros on Dec 15, 2014 17:02:14 GMT -8
Hi Colin,
Have you ever collected Pocota, Doros, or Criorhina?
Cheers!
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Post by colin12303 on Dec 21, 2014 2:09:59 GMT -8
Doros no,the other 2 i think so.I have looked at images but havn't done positive id's on them yet
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Post by doros on Dec 21, 2014 11:57:31 GMT -8
Hi Colin,
Do you mostly collect deadwood (saproxylic) species?
Do you ever collect Microdon?
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Post by colin12303 on Dec 21, 2014 13:13:08 GMT -8
I collect asilidae,i only catch the hoverflies and other diptera etc that i see and find interesting.I come across quite a lot of the mimics and am amazed how close they are to the real thing.
I have noticed one thing though.You see a lot more of the large males hovering high up early in the season,as soon as the migrant hawker dragonflies arrive they disappear.
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Post by trehopr1 on Dec 22, 2014 11:42:11 GMT -8
I am not necessarily a fly enthusiast so much as I am someone who appreciates their myriad forms and habits. I generally like the families Tabanidae,Asilidae,Syrphidae,Tachinidae,and Oestridae. When I am out in the field I don't necessarily look for any of them --- they are mostly captured out of chance encounters. I adore large examples of any flies as well as bee-mimics and gnarly looking flies like those bristly Tachinids. I too have collected a timber fly (Panththalmus) in Ecuador in 1988. I also missed an extraordinarily large Sarcohagid fly which I spied while "on the hunt" in the Dominican Republic. It missed my net sweep but, I can tell you it was solidly every bit of one inch. long - plus... That friends is huge for a Sarcophagid fly ! I was so flustered by my miss that I hung around the spot for 20 min. hoping it would return. A lot of COOL flies out there....
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Post by mothman27 on Mar 20, 2017 17:32:56 GMT -8
Does anyone know what species of Mydas fly this is? Indiana, USA  Thanks, Tim |
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Post by mothman27 on Aug 16, 2017 11:20:43 GMT -8
The previous picture is a Mydas clavatus. I managed to catch this huge Mydas tibialis this year.     |
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