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 very small Tachinidae on a needle !
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| jean-claude bernard |
Posted on 16-08-2009 09:43
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 Member Location: near Brest (France) Posts: 146 Joined: 04.10.07 |
hello, I found this very small Tachinidae (4mm) in my garden yesterday. is it possible to identifie it ? thanks, jean-claude jean-claude bernard attached the following image:  [73.16Kb] |
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| jean-claude bernard |
Posted on 16-08-2009 09:43
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Member Location: near Brest (France) Posts: 146 Joined: 04.10.07 |
second picture
jean-claude bernard attached the following image:  [68.63Kb] |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 16-08-2009 09:50
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19209 Joined: 21.07.04 |
If this is 4 mm., what kind of pin do you use ? Better to use micropins for these small flies. It is a male of Meigenia, given the size it should be mutabilis Theo |
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| jean-claude bernard |
Posted on 16-08-2009 10:44
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Member Location: near Brest (France) Posts: 146 Joined: 04.10.07 |
thanks Theo. I don't have micropins so I use a dressmaking pin of my wife  jean-claude |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 16-08-2009 11:03
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Invest in some insect pins from somewhere like EntoSphinx - they are cheap and much better for the job 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 16-08-2009 12:35
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19209 Joined: 21.07.04 |
The dressmaking pins will corrode in due time, after which your material is lost for science. Theo |
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