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Conopid -> C. vesicularis, male or female?, Sweden
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Posted on 07-06-2009 10:32
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 Found this one today (June 7, 2009) here in Stockholm, Sweden.


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Help with further ID much appreciated!

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 Conops vesicularis
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 Please do add to the gallery - superb photos of live specimen.
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 Inspiring photos. Thanks morfa! Grin
 
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 Thank you very much! And this would be a female, right?

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 Looks very similar to my photo here Smile
Edited by ChrisR on 07-06-2009 20:30
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 This is a male
 
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 ChrisR> Yes, it certainly does! Thanks for the link!

Phil> I see - that's surprising to me! I found this drawing of a male and female (?) C. vesicularis and while the one in my photos looks like the one on top surely the one on the bottom is a male, isn't it?!

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