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 Muscid 5<Morellia hortorum (M)..ID'd by Stephane Lebrun
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 13-06-2009 19:16
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
The last one for today...nicely coloured sitting on Ribes Hedge this morning..ID?
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 13-06-2009 19:16
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 13-06-2009 19:17
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
3rd and last Muscid for today....few more to come tomorrow....
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 13-06-2009 19:33
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Male Morellia sp.
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 13-06-2009 20:11
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Thanks Stephane I only have one Morellia on my Checklist which is M.importuna. Could this be it? Regards Roger |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 13-06-2009 20:32
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
I don't know M. importuna, should be an old synonym of...I can't find. My guess is Morellia hortorum given the frons width. Maybe M. importuna is a synonym of this species. Stephane. |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 14-06-2009 10:20
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Thanks Stephane I found M.importuna Haliday, by Googling it...old name I think...so M.hortorum it is  .Regards Roger Hope you sat in a darkened room with a large glass of wine following busy day ID'ing Muscidae yesterday  . |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 14-06-2009 20:34
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
It was with the whole bottle...Hic.
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