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 Tachinidae Id --> Phryno vetula
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| tristram |
Posted on 15-04-2011 16:50
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1333 Joined: 27.06.10 |
On grassland in Reading, UK, 2011-04-15. They look like Phryno vetula. Is this correct?
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| tristram |
Posted on 15-04-2011 16:53
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1333 Joined: 27.06.10 |
And, with 'natural' lighting, a close-up of the face of the female:
tristram attached the following image:  [183.81Kb] Edited by tristram on 15-04-2011 16:54 |
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| neprisikiski |
Posted on 15-04-2011 16:54
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Member Location: Lithuania Posts: 876 Joined: 23.02.09 |
I think, Phryno vetula.
Erikas |
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| tristram |
Posted on 15-04-2011 16:55
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1333 Joined: 27.06.10 |
Thank you, Erikas! (That was quick!) |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 15-04-2011 17:42
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Very nice ... a surprisingly uncommon species in the UK. But I keep saying that - especially about early Spring species ... probably because nobody goes out to find them 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 16-04-2011 00:53
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14108 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Chris! ChrisR wrote: Very nice ... a surprisingly uncommon species in the UK. But I keep saying that - especially about early Spring species ... probably because nobody goes out to find them One of the most common flies here these weeks. Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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