Hasliberg, Switzerland 28 June - 10 July 2008 Flies |
Neoitamus spec. |
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Hasliberg, 30 June & 3 July. Left, male; right, female. |
Villa cf. cingulata |
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Hasliberg, 10 July. |
Bombylius semifuscus |
Mesembrina mystacea |
Innertkirchen (ca. 1400 m); 9 July. | Rosenlaui, 1 July. |
Stratiomys chamaeleon |
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Reichenbachfall; 29 June. |
Several of these magnificent Soldierlifes were feeding on Hogweed growing on a small patch of unused land close to the Reichenbachfall. |
Arctophila bombiformis |
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Hasliberg, 3 July. As its name suggests, this hoverfly mimics bumblebees. The match between model and mimic is often not very well conveyed by photographs, since they freeze the insect, eliminating all dynamic aspects. This might apply to these photos, too - they obviously show a fly mimicing a bumblebee. But in reality I perceived a bumblebee - only to realize after a minute or so it might not be a bee at all! Since very similar bumblebees were rather common, and bumblebees can sting, this species might well enjoy generous protection from its color pattern. |
Chrysotoxum arcuatum |
Innertkirchen (ca. 1400 m); 9 July. |
Hasliberg, 6 July. |
Chrysotoxum bicinctum | |
Hasliberg, 9 July. |
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Hasliberg, 5 July. |
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While I photographed this beautiful hoverfly, it expelled a droplet of yellow fluid - the meconium. This consist in metabolic waste products accumulated during metamorphosis. As the meconium is expelled shortly upon emergence, this hoverfly had only just eclosed before I spotted it. |
Hasliberg, 6 July. |
Epistrophe grossulariae |
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Hasliberg, 5, 6 & 10 July. |
Dasysyrphus pinastri |
Eristalis jugorum |
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Rosenlaui, 1 July. |
Hasliberg, 29 June. |
Eristalis nemorum |
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Hasliberg, 29 June. |
Leucozona laternaria |
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Hasliberg, 10 July. |
Leucozona lucorum |
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Innertkirchen (ca. 1400 m); 9 July. |
Leucozona glaucia |
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Hasliberg, 5 & 10 July. |
Melangyna spec. |
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Left: Hasliberg, 5 July; others: Reichenbachfall, 29 June. |
Meliscaeva auricollis |
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Rosenlaui, 1 July. |
Paragus cf finitimus |
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Hasliberg, 3 July. |
Platycheirus spec. |
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Hasliberg, 8 July. |
Scaeva pyrastri |
Scaeva selenitica |
Hasliberg, 5 July. |
Hasliberg, 3 July. |
Sericomyia lappona |
Volucella pellucens |
Innertkirchen (ca. 1400 m); 9 July. |
Hasliberg, 10 July. |
Xanthandrus comtus |
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Hasliberg, 5 July. |
Haematopota spec. |
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Hasliberg, 10 & 3 July. |
Hybomitra spec. |
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Hasliberg, 6 July. |
Hybomitra caucasica |
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Hasliberg, 9 July. |
Hybomitra auripila |
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Hasliberg, 5 July. |
Tabanus bromius | ||
Hasliberg, 4 (bottom row) & 10 July. |