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 Patriotic Red White and Blue Queensland, AU
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| Trev |
Posted on 12-03-2009 05:38
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Member Location: Capricornia Region. Queensland AU Posts: 107 Joined: 24.04.07 |
Found this very colourful one this morning resting on a grass stem. All help much appreciated.
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| Trev |
Posted on 12-03-2009 05:41
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Member Location: Capricornia Region. Queensland AU Posts: 107 Joined: 24.04.07 |
Another view
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 12-03-2009 05:51
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5269 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Patriotic to whom/what? Nice fly though. Now if it was Red Yellow and Black the Aussie Aboriginal People might think it was patriotic. |
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| Trev |
Posted on 12-03-2009 07:21
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Member Location: Capricornia Region. Queensland AU Posts: 107 Joined: 24.04.07 |
Hey Roger, Red White and Blue are the Australian national colours, its only our sporting colours that are green and gold. There have been attempts to have the flag changed to include the aboriginal colours but not much progress there yet. Thanks for the comment on the fly though. |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 12-03-2009 08:29
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5269 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Hi Trev I know the colour of your National Flag...there was supposed to be a small hint of sarcasm in what I said. My brother is in Oz, he does a lot of stuff for the Aboriginal People....you might want to google him. His name is Davie Thomason....Made the front page out there a few times. Still a nice fly. |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 12-03-2009 09:10
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Try to post this in the Syrphid section. I have no idea on the genus.
Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| Menno Reemer |
Posted on 12-03-2009 09:34
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Member Location: Posts: 344 Joined: 10.06.04 |
Hi, It's a female Microdon, related to M. fergusoni Goot, 1964 (= M. modestus Ferguson). Currently I am revising the subfamily Microdontinae. This might well be an undescribed species, but I have not yet seen all Australian type specimens. Cheers, Menno |
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