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| Sundew |
Posted on 17-04-2008 12:39
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3917 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Hello, I suppose this could be a Muscina, not a Phaonia, as to wing venation. Right? Seen in a Brandenburgian village on 31 March. Sundew Sundew attached the following image:  [178.58Kb] |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 17-04-2008 12:54
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 Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Yes, looks like M prolapsa to me.
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 17-04-2008 13:52
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Muscina stabulans, tibiae, mid and hind femora are yellow (difficult to see without lightening the picture).
Stephane. |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 18-04-2008 12:52
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Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
St?phane I though you might come back and say that  I couldn't see the proboscis though, and they can't retract it can they? (I am sure you are correct with your ID, but I'm curious about the lack of proboscis.)
Susan |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 18-04-2008 13:55
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Muscina have retractile proboscis (licking type).
Stephane. |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 18-04-2008 21:23
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Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Sorry - brain clearly scrambled today - I was thinking Stomoxys and writing Muscina - doh !
Susan |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 18-04-2008 21:30
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
That's what I thought, don't worry.
Stephane. |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 18-04-2008 22:17
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3917 Joined: 28.07.07 |
So we'll finish this interesting discussion here. By the way, the fly's legs are brown even in very bright pictures (the literature terms their colour "cinnamon".) Many thanks for the species ID, Sundew |
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