@markmccaughrean@mastodon.social
Post #3762388
2026-07-12 12:53 UTC
Not a new fly, but the irst time I've seen one this year.
It's a locust blowfly (Stomorhina lunata), which lacks a German name, although Augenstreifen-Schmeißfliege is used for obvious reasons.
It's also a female – males have more saturated colours. Note the enormous mouth extension in one of the shots.
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@markmccaughrean@mastodon.social 2026-07-12 12:59
Finally, a rather shonky macro stack of a small goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia; 🇩🇪 Veränderliche Krabbenspinne) with large ambition and a large appetite. It seems to have captured a hoverfly of some kind, a scene replicated all over the garden, as we have many predatory crab spiders about. #Heidelberg 🏰 #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ #BugOfTheDay 🐞 #MacroPhotography 🔬 #ArachnidsOfMastodon 🕷️ #BackGardenEntomology 🪲