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 Stiff #2<C.vicina (M) ID'd by Tony Irwin
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 17-02-2009 17:21
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Here's a small blue fly found it Scatsta Airport..what was it
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 17-02-2009 17:21
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Stiff #2
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 17-02-2009 17:22
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Last of Stiff #2
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 17-02-2009 17:24
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Size comparison with C.vicina (F)
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 17-02-2009 19:28
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7286 Joined: 19.11.04 |
#2 = male vicina (such a size difference is not unusual in carrion-feeding species, and males are usually smaller)
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 17-02-2009 21:27
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Thanks Tony...once again  I thought the face looked familiar but I didn't think the size differential was so great. |
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| javanerkelens |
Posted on 17-02-2009 21:47
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 Member Location: Netherlands Posts: 2962 Joined: 18.10.07 |
What a big difference.. Nice to see... Joke van Erkelens |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 18-02-2009 09:42
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Yes, you normally only see them through the viewfinder of the camera and don't realise the difference till they are seen side by side....dead. |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 18-02-2009 13:39
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 Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
I think it is worth uploading the photo showing both together to the gallery.
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 18-02-2009 22:09
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Thanks Joke and Susan I've tarted-up the photo a bit (better text) and sent it off to the Gallery. Regards Roger |
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