Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Other insects, spiders, etc.
 mosquito or fly?
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| shar |
Posted on 21-05-2006 13:22
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Member Location: Posts: 197 Joined: 15.05.06 |
Dear members, Could someone tell me if this is a fly or a mosquito? It appeared in my garden and looked beautifully silverish. Unfortunately my friend had the camera with the macrolens so the picture is not that well, but maybe someone still can tell. Thanks. Greeting, shar shar attached the following image:  [105.69Kb] |
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| Jan Willem |
Posted on 21-05-2006 13:25
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 Member Location: Waalwijk, The Netherlands Posts: 2160 Joined: 24.07.04 |
Hi Sharon, It is neither a fly nor a mosquito. It is a hymenopteran, more specifically, a sawfly (Symphyta). Jan Willem |
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| Gerard Pennards |
Posted on 21-05-2006 13:27
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 Member Location: Amersfoort Posts: 1914 Joined: 07.06.04 |
And Jan Willem beat me to it!
Greetings, Gerard Pennards |
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| shar |
Posted on 21-05-2006 15:32
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Member Location: Posts: 197 Joined: 15.05.06 |
Hi Jan Willem and Gerard, thank you both for ID  I hope I will see this sawfly again. gr, Shar |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 21-05-2006 17:17
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14248 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, shar! shar wrote: Could someone tell me if this is a fly or a mosquito? It's a sawfly, Pachyprotasis cf. rapae. The larvae are feeding on many Brassicaceae. Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| shar |
Posted on 22-05-2006 19:46
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Member Location: Posts: 197 Joined: 15.05.06 |
Dear Jurgen, Thank you for ID. You have spotted a lot of insects  gr, Shar |
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