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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 15-04-2009 00:06
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Found in the garden yesterday..is an ID possible?
Roger Thomason attached the following image:  [50.85Kb] |
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| jorgen |
Posted on 16-04-2009 11:23
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Member Location: Belgium Posts: 75 Joined: 25.07.05 |
It looks like Dolerus sp to me. |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 16-04-2009 23:25
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Hi Jorgen Well I've had 1 vote for Tenthredinidae Dolerinae, and 1 going further to Dolerus sp. coming out of Belgium. I only have 1 species on my Checklist which is Nematus ribesii and this doesn't match up to that one. So that would make this an unrecorded species for Shetland  ....another one.Regards Roger Edited by Roger Thomason on 16-04-2009 23:29 |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 17-04-2009 00:52
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14353 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Roger! It is Dolerus sp.. There were hundreds of them here in the last few weeks. The completely black species (about 20 of them here in Germany, presumably less on the Shetlands) cannot be identified after photos. The larvae feed on grasses. Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 17-04-2009 19:34
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Hi Juergen Thanks for the confirmation...nice photo's too. I didn't get a chance to get close enough to my one to get good pics, but did get some good ones last year, so this species might be residents now. Not much insect life here yet as there is a cold strong easterly wind, so the ones I do see I can't get focussed on properly  . Roll on summer.Regards Roger Edited by Roger Thomason on 17-04-2009 19:35 |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 17-04-2009 19:58
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14353 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Roger! Roger Thomason wrote: Not much insect life here yet as there is a cold strong easterly wind, so the ones I do see I can't get focussed on properly . Roll on summer.We had a perfect spring and easter this year here in Germany  , temperatures between 21 and 26 °C in the last two weeks (today is has become somewhat colder, only 16-17 °C, but still mostly sunny). Many records for earlyness in insect life 2009... 
Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 17-04-2009 20:06
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Hi Juergen About 8C here today with 20+Kts wind to lessen it even more. The only thing I could photograph that wasn't on terra firma was a Large LPG Tanker with a Tug going up the Sound en route to the Oil Terminal at Sullom Voe. No point posting those photo's here though, Can't disguise one of them as a fly... ..painted bright orange. |
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