Natural History Photographs


Tanyptera atrata
Aekingerzand; 10 May 2009. Female ovipositing in dead wood.
Hybomitra lurida
Authority:(Fallén, 1817)
Nederlands:Vroege knobbeldaas
English:Broad-headed horsefly
Norsk:Uhyggeklegg, Askeklegg, bredhodet klegg
Drents-Friese Woud; 7 - 9 May 2009.
Hybomitra tropica
Authority:(Linnaeus, 1758)
Nederlands:Grote veldknobbeldaas
Norsk:sankthansklegg
Drents-Friese Woud; 10 May 2009.

Two males were hovering at ca. 50 cm height mostly above open
spaces in between heath plants, about level with the tallest heath twigs.
Dioctria hyalipennis
Nederlands:Gewone bladjager
Deutsch:Gemeine Habichtsfliege
Hoogersmilde; 8 May 2009.
Dioctria oelandica
Authority:(Linnaeus, 1758)
Nederlands:Zwartvlerkbladjager
English:orange-legged robberfly
Deutsch:Große Habichtsfliege
Hijkersmilde; 6 May 2009.
Hoogersmilde; 8 May 2009.
Laphria flava
Authority:(Linnaeus, 1761)
Nederlands:Gele hommelroofvlieg
English:bumblebee robberfly
Deutsch:Gelbe Mordfliege, Gelbe Raubfliege
Drents-Friese Woud; 9 May 2009.
Lasiopogon cinctus
Authority:(Fabricius, 1781)
Nederlands:Vroege zandroofvlieg
English:spring heath robberfly
Deutsch:Gemeiner Grauwicht
Aekingerzand; 7 May 2009.
Drents-Friese Woud; 9 May 2009.
Brachyopa bicolor
Authority:(Fallén, 1817)
Nederlands:Gedeukte sapzweefvlieg
Deutsch:Kurzstrich-Baumsaftschwebfliege
Svenska:Lönnsavblomfluga
Zorgvlied; 8 May 2009. Near sap runs of Oak tree.
Brachypalpus laphriformis
Authority:(Fallén, 1816)
Nederlands:Gevlekte molmzweefvlieg
Deutsch:Braune Mulmschwebfliege
Norsk:brun råtevedblomsterflue
Svenska:brun mulmblomfluga
Zorgvlied; 8 May 2009. The fly rested on the partly rotten foot of an Oak tree trunk.
Cheilosia cf. albitarsis
Authority:(Meigen, 1822)
Nederlands:Weidegitje
Deutsch:Weißfuß-Erzschwebfliege
Norsk:soleieblomsterflue
Svenska:smörblomfluga
Drents-Friese Woud; 9 May 2009.
Chrysotoxum cautum
Authority:(Harris, 1776)
Nederlands:Grote fopwesp
Deutsch:Gemeine/Globige Wespenschwebfliege
Norsk:åkervepseblomsterflue
Svenska:klaffgetingfluga
 
Hijkersmilde; 6 May 2009. Hoogersmilde; 9 May 2009.
Volucella bombylans
Authority:(Linnaeus, 1758)
Nederlands:Hommelreus
Deutsch:Hummel-Waldschwebfliege
Norsk:humleblomsterflue
Svenska:humleblomfluga
Hooghalen; 5 May 2009.
Xylota segnis
Authority:(Linnaeus, 1758)
Nederlands:Gewone rode bladloper
Deutsch:Gemeine Langbauchschwebfliege
Norsk:vanlig vedblomsterflue
Svenska:lövvedblomfluga
Hijkersmilde; 6 May 2009.
Appendicia truncata
Drents-Friese Woud; 7 May 2009. In knee-high dry grass bordering peat bog.
Ernestia rudis
Drents-Friese Woud; 9 May 2009.

Medina spec.
Hoogersmilde; 9 May 2009.
Gastrolepta
anthracina
Hoogersmilde; 9 May 2009.
Gonia spec.
Drents-Friese Woud; 8 May 2009.
Gonia distinguenda
Aekingerzand; 10 May 2009.
Gymnocheta viridis
Hijkersmilde; 6 May 2009.
Phasia hemiptera
Nederlands:Wantssluipvlieg
Drents-Friese Woud; 9 May 2009.
Phryno vetula
Drents-Friese Woud; 8 - 9 May 2009.
Tachina lurida
Drents-Friese Woud; 9 May 2009.
Phaonia trimaculata
Hijkersmilde; 6 May 2009.
Graphomyia maculata
Drents-Friese Woud; 9 May 2009.
Eustalomyia histrio
Drents-Friese Woud; 9 May 2009.