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 UK fly ID please
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| LindaB |
Posted on 21-07-2009 16:04
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Member Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 8 Joined: 21.07.09 |
Hi - my first post in here  Would someone be able to ID this little fly that was in my garden please? Also, if it can be ID'd would you also tell me if it bites humans (sounds like a silly question, but I do like to know if something in my garden might give me a nasty bite lol). Many thanks  Linda |
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| pwalter |
Posted on 21-07-2009 16:08
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 Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Hi! Chrysopilus female, Rhagionidae, a snipe fly, completely harmless, eats other insects.
Edited by pwalter on 21-07-2009 16:08 |
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| LindaB |
Posted on 21-07-2009 16:12
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Member Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 8 Joined: 21.07.09 |
pwalter wrote: Hi! Chrysopilus female, Rhagionidae, a snipe fly, completely harmless, eats other insects. Hi - oh wow, thanks for such a rapid and full response - thats very kind of you. I can rest easy now then if I see these in the garden lol. Many thanks again. Linda |
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| tim worfolk |
Posted on 21-07-2009 16:13
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 Member Location: Devon, England Posts: 737 Joined: 05.05.09 |
Chrysopilus asiliformis going by the greyish colour and yellowish legs. Tim |
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| LindaB |
Posted on 21-07-2009 16:53
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Member Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 8 Joined: 21.07.09 |
Tim Worfolk wrote: Chrysopilus asiliformis going by the greyish colour and yellowish legs. Tim Thanks for that too Tim, much appreciated. I will keep checking back to see if others concur with your ID, as it would be nice to name it correctly in my photo gallery (At least I know its harmless now lol) Thanks again. Linda |
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| pwalter |
Posted on 21-07-2009 18:49
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Where's Your photo gallery? |
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| LindaB |
Posted on 21-07-2009 21:21
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Member Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 8 Joined: 21.07.09 |
pwalter wrote: Where's Your photo gallery? Hi - oh yes sorry, I should perhaps have put the gallery link in a signature or something - I didnt get a chance earlier when I registered. Anyway, here is the link to the Insects part of my galleries: http://www.pbase....ll/insects and here is the link to the sub-gallery for flies http://www.pbase....kell/flies If by any chance you do take a look and see anything that I have incorrectly ID'd, please do let me know - thanks Linda Edited by ChrisR on 21-07-2009 21:44 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 21-07-2009 21:46
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Can you tell me where you saw the Gymnosoma here? Was it in England?
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| LindaB |
Posted on 21-07-2009 21:55
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Member Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 8 Joined: 21.07.09 |
Hi - yes, definitely in the UK and I am 99% certain that these were taken in my garden. I normally put in the photo details where I have taken the photo but I notice I didnt on these, although the majority of my photos of insects are from my garden. I have loads of these little daisy-type flowers in the garden and from memory, I believe these flies were in the front garden. Linda LindaB http://www.pbase.com/lindabuckell |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 21-07-2009 22:08
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Very nice - could you PM me the details, such as location, grid reference, date etc? I am pretty sure you are in the known range of G.rotundatum but it would be a nice record and it's worth checking out
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| LindaB |
Posted on 21-07-2009 22:42
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Member Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 8 Joined: 21.07.09 |
Yes of course - a PM has now been sent. Linda LindaB http://www.pbase.com/lindabuckell |
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