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 Pale Tachinid (I think)
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| Gordon |
Posted on 26-05-2008 08:31
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 Member Location: Lake Kerkini, Greece Posts: 1097 Joined: 02.01.08 |
This rather atractive specimen is from the edge of Lake Kerkini northern Greece where it was nectaring at Paliuris spina-christs 24-5-08.
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| Gordon |
Posted on 26-05-2008 08:33
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Member Location: Lake Kerkini, Greece Posts: 1097 Joined: 02.01.08 |
Another view
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| Gordon |
Posted on 26-05-2008 08:35
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Member Location: Lake Kerkini, Greece Posts: 1097 Joined: 02.01.08 |
with a long thin tongue.
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 26-05-2008 11:09
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Maybe Prosena siberita? |
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| Gordon |
Posted on 26-05-2008 13:11
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Member Location: Lake Kerkini, Greece Posts: 1097 Joined: 02.01.08 |
It certainly looks a lot like Prosena siberita, but I have been playing in the gallery and it also looks a like Fischeria bicolour to me, so I await expert adjudication. They are both known from Greece, but neither are on my list, which would mean I am now just two short of the 100 for Tachinids. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 26-05-2008 13:31
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Looks like Prosena, if the proboscis isn't angled - but I am confused by the scale - how big is it? |
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| Gordon |
Posted on 26-05-2008 16:09
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Member Location: Lake Kerkini, Greece Posts: 1097 Joined: 02.01.08 |
I guess, looking at other flies on the same flowers, such as the Parhelophilus in the Syrphid forum, and photos I have here that it is about 7 to 9 mm long in the body. Sorry I didn't catch it. Blamey and Grey-Wilson say the flowers of P. spina-christi are 3 to 4 mm across, but they look a little folded back here.
Edited by Gordon on 26-05-2008 16:13 |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 26-05-2008 16:51
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18546 Joined: 21.07.04 |
It's Prosena no doubt, given the habitus and proboscis. Theo |
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| Gordon |
Posted on 28-05-2008 09:51
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Member Location: Lake Kerkini, Greece Posts: 1097 Joined: 02.01.08 |
OK vedict accepted, my thanks to Theo, Chris and Rui. Gordon |
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but don't see the image in the post.
