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 Female Ernestia puparum?
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| Jan Zwaaneveld |
Posted on 25-04-2009 19:56
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Member Location: Leerdam, Netherlands Posts: 721 Joined: 20.02.06 |
Is this a female Ernestia puparum, or am I mistaking? Photographed today, at the edge of a small forest at Heukelum, Netherlands.
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 25-04-2009 23:03
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I don't think so - no projecting mouth edge and it just looks wrong. With that shaded rm vein it should be distinctive but it isn't something I see here 
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 26-04-2009 08:34
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18976 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Any indication of size ? Theo |
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| Jan Zwaaneveld |
Posted on 26-04-2009 08:41
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Member Location: Leerdam, Netherlands Posts: 721 Joined: 20.02.06 |
Not very large for a tachinid, the size of Ernestia I would say, perhaps even smaller.
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| Jan Zwaaneveld |
Posted on 27-04-2009 16:12
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Member Location: Leerdam, Netherlands Posts: 721 Joined: 20.02.06 |
Is that info of any use, or is this a hopeless case? 
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 27-04-2009 21:03
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18976 Joined: 21.07.04 |
You are giving paradoxal information. An Ernestia is large for a Tachinid, in my book, More than 10 mm. or about 15 mm, or less than 7 mm. would help. I think you are right with female puparum. Theo |
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| Jan Zwaaneveld |
Posted on 28-04-2009 18:51
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Member Location: Leerdam, Netherlands Posts: 721 Joined: 20.02.06 |
I admit I'm not very good at estimating size, but I thought this fly and the only other Ernestia I have seen were not very large. But in both cases there was no other fly I could compare it with, so I'm probably wrong. Thanks for your response, Theo! http://slamenietd...web-log.nl |
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