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Roger Thomason
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Posted on 18-05-2009 14:57
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 Only got this shot, half hidden by flower head of Ribes Shrub...possible to ID from this?
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 probably Melanostoma scalare?
 
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 Thanks caliprobola,
Haven't had one of those before Smile. Any advance on probably anybody?

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 It is not Melanostoma. Look at the front tarsae and you will see that the segments are flattened and broadened. so this one belongs to the genus Platycheirus. My first immediate hunch was peltatus-group. But to be certain, I would need the collected specimen.
 
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 Sorry...not collected, only seen it for a second. I don't collect anyway. If the locals saw me running round the garden with a net, men in white coats would be hammering on the door within the hour Frown. Not the done thing in Shetland for some reason.
 
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 There is only one solution: get officially mad! Grin
 
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 Look! That's our Roger, the bugcollector... look, how he's catching musquitos with his pants down his knees....
 
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 All I need is the paperwork...Pfft What is sane anyhow.......Pass.

Regards..... Roger...(or is it)?
 
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