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 Fly ID needed - please!
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| dpastern |
Posted on 16-01-2008 01:34
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Member Location: Posts: 6 Joined: 15.01.08 |
Spotted this Fly just under 2 weeks ago (5th January) on a shrub in our garden. I'm not sure what type of plant the shrub was. Location: Ipswich, Australia (just southwest of Brisbane). It was sunning itself late in the afternoon. This is a crop of the original image, size estimate is about 6mm. I'm not sure what was meant by "substrate". Anyways, onto the image:  Brian [LordV] suggested that I post it here for an ID as it was an unusual looking Fly. Cheers, Dave |
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| Steve Gaimari |
Posted on 16-01-2008 05:57
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 Member Location: Sacramento, California, USA Posts: 169 Joined: 08.10.04 |
Beautiful photo of a beautiful fly! This is a lauxaniid - species is Cephaloconus tenebrosus.
Steve Gaimari Plant Pest Diagnostics Lab, CDFA 3294 Meadowview Road Sacramento, CA 95832-1448, USA |
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| dpastern |
Posted on 16-01-2008 06:06
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Thank you Stephen!!!! This has been bugging me for a few weeks now! They seem a bit more nervous than the usual flies. This is only the 2nd time in a year that I've seen one of these, so they don't seem very common. I'm usually out in the garden a fair bit with the camera taking images of its inhabitants ;-) Thanks again, much appreciated. Cheers, Dave |
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| robertwhyte |
Posted on 27-01-2008 00:20
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 Member Location: The Gap, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Posts: 17 Joined: 26.01.08 |
Here is another image of what looks to me like the same fly. It was resting on a leaf of a frangipanni in my garden at The Gap, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on Sunday, 20 January 2008. Not such a sharp or good image as Dave's, but I'm hoping it's good enough to get a confiramation that it is the Lauxaniid Cephaloconus tenebrosus. It was also about 6mm and allowed itself to be photographed quite closely without flying away. It doesn't appear to be a traditional-looking fly so I am wondering if it is mimicking something, perhaps a treehopper, and if so, why?
robertwhyte attached the following image:  [17.43Kb] Robert Whyte, Save Our Waterways Now (SOWN) http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 27-01-2008 00:36
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
the same fly!  crazy these Lauxaniids. The most spectacular event I've seen among the flies was precisely in this family!!! I'm talking about eversible glands' action. 
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 27-01-2008 00:39 |
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| dpastern |
Posted on 27-01-2008 02:51
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Member Location: Posts: 6 Joined: 15.01.08 |
Robert, certainly looks like the same type of fly to me! What is 'eversible glands' action' btw? Dave |
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| Steve Gaimari |
Posted on 27-01-2008 08:47
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Member Location: Sacramento, California, USA Posts: 169 Joined: 08.10.04 |
yes, this is the same fly. the eversible glands referred to were from a terrific series of photographs of a species of Meiosimyza a couple months ago. |
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| dpastern |
Posted on 01-04-2010 15:54
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Member Location: Posts: 6 Joined: 15.01.08 |
Took this 2 weeks ago, heavily pregnant female. 3:1. Since my original image is no longer working due to my original flickr account expiring, I decided to add this new (and much better) image! http://www.flickr...1/sizes/o/ Dave Edited by dpastern on 01-04-2010 15:54 |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 01-04-2010 16:22
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Please add this photo to the gallery. Thanks. |
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| dpastern |
Posted on 02-04-2010 05:55
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Member Location: Posts: 6 Joined: 15.01.08 |
I did that last night, but it's not showing. I didn't get any error messages, is their some sort of approval that happens before images appear in the gallery? Dave |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 02-04-2010 11:11
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
yes. you need wait for the approval. |
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| dpastern |
Posted on 03-04-2010 10:44
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Member Location: Posts: 6 Joined: 15.01.08 |
Ah yes, it's there now, thanks! Dave |
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