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August 31, 2007

328 hoverfly species in the Netherlands [Invertebrates] — Administrator @ 11:29 pm


This is a video about hoverflies.

From Natuurmonumenten in the Netherlands:

Natuurmonumenten works for hoverflies, a group of insects with 328 species in the Netherlands. In the Nieuwkoopse Plassen (Zuid-Holland province), for example. …

Recently, species #328 was discovered, the “verborgen sapzwever”. The book ‘De Nederlandse zweefvliegen’ [The Dutch hoverflies] will be published in the summer of 2008 by Naturalis and Stichting EIS-Nederland.

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  1. * Why are flies so hard to swat? Chalk it up to
    good planning:
    Fast, high-resolution video imaging is revealing
    secrets of the wily insects.

    http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080828_flyswat

    Comment by Administrator — September 2, 2008 @ 11:24 pm

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