Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Scathophaga furcata?
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 20-04-2009 12:38
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Photographed this morning in my garden at Mango bait. Is it S.furcata?
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 20-04-2009 12:39
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 20-04-2009 12:40
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 20-04-2009 13:38
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9491 Joined: 24.05.05 |
No, S.stercoraria
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 20-04-2009 14:10
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Oh no... ...I thought they had black antennae. Front femur looks the wrong colour from previous ones I've had determined as S.stercoraria. Back to the drawing board ...again.Cheers Nikita, you've made a happy man very old, should be the other way around. Regards Roger |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 20-04-2009 18:57
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7318 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Well, I don't think it's stercoraria - looks more like lutaria to me (only one av seta on mid tibia). You enjoy your birthday - don't listen to Nikita - next thing he'll be telling you there's no mango trees on Shetland! Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 21-04-2009 03:07
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Hi Tony I don't think it's stercoraria either...don't suppose Nikita's been on the sherbet do you  . Mango grows on trees  I thought they lived in cardboard boxes. "Mango trees are renown for their scarcity up here, so when the cardboard boxes arrive, we all stand around looking in wonder  at these strange fruits from somewhere across the sea (that taste like crap *)"..Extract from; Shetland, a Simple Life...Cont. on page 94.*Flies seem to like them though Regards Roger...58 not out. Edited by Roger Thomason on 21-04-2009 07:54 |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 21-04-2009 10:52
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9491 Joined: 24.05.05 |
I consulted with expert - Andrey Ozerov: "either stercoraria or furcata, so with image only S.sp."  And there's no mango trees on Shetland!
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 21-04-2009 15:58
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
OZEROV Hmm?..Sounds like a poorly disguised British Spy to me. O /Zero /V =005, if he had one of these Scathophaga named after him, say Ozerovii, he would become 007, which would be a fitting name for something that humps a lot and kills a lot. Doesn't drink Martini does he? I'm going with furcata in my Files, don't tell anyone. especially Ozerov. Regards Roger No room to plant Mango trees because of the Bananas.....a much better fruit. Edited by Roger Thomason on 21-04-2009 18:01 |
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