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 Which one?
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 18-05-2009 14:57
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Only got this shot, half hidden by flower head of Ribes Shrub...possible to ID from this?
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| caliprobola |
Posted on 22-05-2009 05:19
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Member Location: Belgium Posts: 203 Joined: 24.05.07 |
probably Melanostoma scalare? |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 22-05-2009 08:54
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Thanks caliprobola, Haven't had one of those before  . Any advance on probably anybody?Regards Roger |
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| Andre |
Posted on 22-05-2009 11:05
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 Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
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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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 23-05-2009 23:15
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
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  . Not the done thing in Shetland for some reason. |
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| Andre |
Posted on 24-05-2009 21:31
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Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
There is only one solution: get officially mad!  |
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| Andre |
Posted on 24-05-2009 21:43
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Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
Look! That's our Roger, the bugcollector... look, how he's catching musquitos with his pants down his knees.... |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 24-05-2009 21:46
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
All I need is the paperwork... What is sane anyhow.......Pass.Regards..... Roger...(or is it)? |
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