Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Other insects, spiders, etc.
Who is here? 1 guest(s)
 Clearwing moths from Lesbos
|
|
| Nick Upton |
Posted on 28-09-2011 14:21
|
|
Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 694 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Does anyone know this group well...? They all look rather similar to me, so I can't be sure of my ID's. I think this first one is Chamaesphecia masariformis - can anyone confirm? 31.5.11 c10mm Lesbos, Greece. Nick Upton attached the following image:  [64.63Kb] Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
|
|
|
| Nick Upton |
Posted on 28-09-2011 14:24
|
|
Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 694 Joined: 12.03.10 |
This one, I'm much less sure of. Maybe Chamaesphecia astatiformis, though my moth doesn't quite match images I've found, though it could be variable in pattern. Any other ideas out there? 3.6.11 c 10mm Lesbos, Greece (very close to Turkey). Nick Upton attached the following image:  [87.96Kb] Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
|
|
|
| Cesa |
Posted on 28-09-2011 21:22
|
 Member Location: Turkey Posts: 1191 Joined: 13.10.09 |
I agree with the ID of the first image. |
 |
|
| Nick Upton |
Posted on 28-09-2011 21:48
|
|
Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 694 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Thanks Cesa. That was the "easy' one, but good it's good to get confirmation, but the 2nd one is harder, for you too it seems!
Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
|
|
|
| Cesa |
Posted on 28-09-2011 22:02
|
|
Member Location: Turkey Posts: 1191 Joined: 13.10.09 |
Details in your image clear enough, but sometimes this is not sufficient for a precise ID. I think the problem, we have not so good image of C.astatiformis accessable in the internet, so that we compare it with your specimen. |
|
|
|
| Nick Upton |
Posted on 28-09-2011 22:16
|
|
Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 694 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Thanks again. Yes, I struggled to find really clear images to check mine against. The ones I found of C. astatiformis looked quite similar, but hard to say if the match was exact! I'm not even sure i have the genus right, as some Synanthedon spp. look quite similar too.
Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
|
|
|
| Jump to Forum: |
http://www.luomus.
...what you prefer, we can discus this, during some good wine, cheese and many new pinned flies!