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| Oryctes |
Posted on 26-09-2020 15:01
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Member Location: Posts: 82 Joined: 21.08.19 |
Hello, I found this little fly on the plant Verbascum thapsus near a disused railway track. If my photos are precise enough, could it be the genus Silba (Setisquamalonchaea) and even the species Silba fumosa ? Thank you in advance, Dominique  Oryctes : France : Gruson : 59152 : 22/09/2020 Altitude : 31 m - Taille : 4 mm environ Réf. : 268108  Oryctes : France : Gruson : 59152 : 22/09/2020 Altitude : NR - Taille : 4 mm environ Réf. : 268109 |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 26-09-2020 15:43
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
It is exactly the kind of circumstances where I see this species in our museum garden every year.
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Oryctes |
Posted on 26-09-2020 16:28
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Member Location: Posts: 82 Joined: 21.08.19 |
Thank you very much Paul. Happy to learn this little fly is common and even well known in your museum garden |
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| Iain MacGowan |
Posted on 26-09-2020 21:20
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 Member Location: Perth, Scotland Posts: 459 Joined: 25.11.04 |
yes this is Silba fumosa - almost entirely black with orange-brown calypteres and fringes
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| Oryctes |
Posted on 27-09-2020 11:29
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Member Location: Posts: 82 Joined: 21.08.19 |
Thank you, Iain MacGowan, for your confirmation of the species Silba fumosa |
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