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Among an almost countless number of Hilara specimens I found a handful of Dolichopodidae. I admit that most of the time I put dolis aside as I do not have time for everything. Yet 4 extraordinary small specimens, which seemed rather Medetera-ish to me, I decided to study a bit closer. I decided to ask for Stefan Naglis’ opinion. He said the specimens looked like Micromorphus. I am not familiar at all with this genus. In the checklist I found that one species has been recorded from the Netherlands, but Negrobov’s key made clear that is not M. albipes. Maybe the best is to send the specimens to Stefan. According to Negrobov it is paludicola, which is now a synonym of M. claripennis, which is not known from my country. But, again using Negrobov, I am not so sure.

Last June I collected during the Diptera Tagung in Hessen on June 24th in Sinntal Schwaerzenfels by sweeping three species of Pipunculidae. A Tomosvaryella sylvatica/coquilletti female, a male Pipunculus, which genitalia are still in a nice KOH bath and a species, which is new to me: Cephalops (Beckerias) pannonicus. Its wings are very typical by the anal vein, which is only visible as a shadow.

#Pipunculidae #diptera #dipterology

Well, I collected years ago in the Pilis mountains of Hungary some specimens of Empis (Leptempis) dimidiata. Today I looked at a specimen collected by the great Milan Chvala in Slovakia in 1982.

I admit that at first I thought how the hell could Milan determine a Xanthempis as a Leptempis, but luckily I found out very soon that I was very mistaken. But looking at the pretty fly, it is quite logical that a non expert may think he or she is dealing with a brother of E. trigramma.

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While working on a big series of Heleomyza captiosa/serrata from Museum Alexander Koenig in Bonn, I found a specimen, which is absolutely not a Heleomyza, but a severely damaged female Eccoptomera microps. I have seen only, actually many, specimens from Talpa nests, and also this one was found in a Talpa nest by the German Dipterist Max Paul Riedel. He lived from 1870 to 1941. A pity it is not clear from this specimen when it was caught.

#Diptera #Heleomyzidae #dipterology

I'd like to share a track from ViewRanger:

SP3 from Grave to Wijchen

Today I made only a short walk, not even 22 km. The weather was quite okay. Some rain was expected, but the first rain drops fell, when I was already on my way back by car. The region, in which I walked is very interesting. The landscape is beautiful, but also very historical. I began my walk in Grave, an old fortified city, which played a role in the war with Spain in the 16th century. Mind, the…

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#NowPlaying Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid, Cantata BWV 58: Duetto: Ich hab für mir ein schwere Reis van Johann Sebastian Bach, Gunthild Weber, Walter Hauck, Karl Ristenpart, RIAS Kammerorchester A very old recording! Between 1949 and 1952. Not authentic perhaps, rather slow, but so bloody beautiful. It is anyway one of my favourite duetto from the Bach cantatas.

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#NowPlaying Telemann, G.P.: Passion Cantatas van Georg Philipp Telemann

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Walk 26.iii.2017 LAW from IJmuiden to Egmond aan den Hoef

Distance 33,4km It is rather irritating that the Ramblr App didn’t work properly, so I have to use a map from another app. At the moment I am having hard thoughts whether to continue with Ramblr at all! Anyway, the walk was rather nice. The weather was nice, except that so now and then the wind was a bit cold. But most of the time there was lovely sunshine. Also the number of people wasn’t that…

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#NowPlaying Ich suchte des Nachts van Dietrich Buxtehude, Guy De Mey, Max van Egmond, Ricercar Consort

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Robert Southey: a reflection

At high school I was introduced to the poetry of Coleridge and Wordsworth. I remember well that we had to read STC’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner and we had to read The Daffodils of Wordsworth. I began to read them much more later at university. But I am pretty sure not even the name of the third lake poet, Robert Southey, was mentioned as was de Quincey’s. I ‘discovered’ both during my excursions…

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#NowPlaying Locke: The Broken Consort, Part I & Tripla concordia van Matthew Locke

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Walk 12.iii.2017 LAW 5 from Zandvoort to IJmuiden

Total distance 29,2km A lovely, Spring day. It was the first walk this year I had to take of my coat. The wind wasn’t strong. Most of the time the sun was shining. I put my car in Velsen Zuid, about a kilometer from the trail. I took me about 1 1/2 hours bus to arrive at the starting point near the Kennemer Golf & Country Club. BTW, while the bus drove not far from the railway station in Haarlem,…

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Walk 5.iii.2017 SP6 Drenthepad from Uffelte to Diever

Total distance 25,5km Unexpectedly the weather turned out to be very nice. Sometimes it was even warm, so I said to my brother that I almost felt sorry that I did not put on just a t-shirt. One moment Bastiaan said he felt a raindrop on his head. I didn’t notice it. The sun was shining quite often, the wind was not very strong. Lovely early Spring weather. I spent the night at my brother’s as the…

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Walk 26.ii.2017 LAW 5 from Katwijk aan Zee to Zandvoort

Total distance 32,3 km. Quite lucky was the fact that the weather wasn’t splendid. It was windy and so now and then there was some soft rainfall. Temperature was about 9°C. I put my car in the parking place of Heemstede/Aerdenhout. At the end I had to pay about €8. By train to Leiden and then by Bus to Katwijk. I believe it was line 71, but I noticed a bus line 7, which left earlier. I had used…

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#LAW 5 #Walking

#NowPlaying C.P.E. Bach: Preussische und Württembergische Sonaten van Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

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