Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Gonia picea?
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| Smoggycb |
Posted on 17-03-2009 15:51
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Member Location: Rye Harbour, England Posts: 350 Joined: 19.05.07 |
Today from rank grassland on shingle, Rye Harbour, UK. I presume given the date and the lack of orange markings on the abdomen that this is Gonia picea?
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 17-03-2009 21:34
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19299 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Beware, the lack of orange is not reliable (happens sometimes with ornata). But I agree, this seems to be picea Theo |
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| Smoggycb |
Posted on 18-03-2009 08:13
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Member Location: Rye Harbour, England Posts: 350 Joined: 19.05.07 |
Thanks for that Theo. My first tachinid of the year! |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 18-03-2009 11:01
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
First tachinid - and such a nice one too!! Let's hope this is a sign of good things to come  I have never caught a Gonia in the wild ... they seem to be restricted to particularly wild areas and it's probably a bit too built-up around me in the Thames Valley.
Edited by ChrisR on 18-03-2009 11:01 |
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| Smoggycb |
Posted on 18-03-2009 11:44
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Member Location: Rye Harbour, England Posts: 350 Joined: 19.05.07 |
There seem to be a few around here at the moment. On the 16th I netted one from male Salix flowers, with one or two higher up that I couldn't reach, and yesterday there was this one and at least one more. If it is definitely G. picea then these are first for the reserve, though there is alo a record of G. ornata from the same place from about ten years ago. I love my job. |
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