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 tiny scatopsid
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| mwkozlowski |
Posted on 19-10-2008 07:59
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I always see these funny, tiny (not bigger than 2 mm) scatopsids on tansy flowers, any chance for ID?
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 20-10-2008 07:51
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Swammerdammella sp.
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| mwkozlowski |
Posted on 20-10-2008 11:37
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Thanks much, Paul What a fantastic name for so an unconspicous animal!!! Edited by mwkozlowski on 20-10-2008 11:38 very general entomologist |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 20-10-2008 20:29
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mwkozlowski wrote: What a fantastic name for so an unconspicous animal!!! And a confusing one for those also interested in Lepidoptera...  Reminds me of genera Swammerdamia, Pseudoswammerdamia and Paraswammerdamia (ermine moths) and of Nematopogon swammerdamella (a longhorn moth). I love those names...! 
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| mwkozlowski |
Posted on 21-10-2008 08:43
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Swadderdamm was a dutch naturalist from XVII century, one of the first working with a microscope; he described red blood cells and made many other findings,; he was an enthusiastic entomologist and very religious; famous are his remareks on the beuty of a lause.
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 21-10-2008 09:30
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Swadderdamm? ROFL Swammerdam in WikiPedia Edited by Paul Beuk on 21-10-2008 09:31 Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 21-10-2008 16:05
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Paul Beuk wrote: Swadderdamm? ROFL You see, how confusing those names are?  Quod erat demonstrandum...
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| mwkozlowski |
Posted on 22-10-2008 11:50
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Juergen Peters wrote: Paul Beuk wrote: Swadderdamm? ROFL You see, how confusing those names are? Quod erat demonstrandum...I should better use copy-paste very general entomologist |
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