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 Please ID it's driving me nuts
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| Peter Ede |
Posted on 22-08-2009 00:17
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 Member Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 9 Joined: 21.08.09 |
Hi all, New to the forum and the world of flies. Funny how little notice we take of our world until a macro lens is part of the picture. Found this is the garden   I am thinking some kind of march fly? Thanks for the help |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 22-08-2009 08:51
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Welcome to the forum Peter!  Interesting wing markings on this fly - looks like a muscid to me, but I'll wait for the experts to comment Just a quick reminder ... I approved your account so I know where you are in the world  but others here don't so do remember to fill in your Location on your profile and give details like location, date seen & rough size when you post a photo
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 22-08-2009 09:46
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
I can at least give the genus, which is not european : this is a Pygophora (Muscidae).
Stephane. |
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| Peter Ede |
Posted on 22-08-2009 11:21
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Member Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 9 Joined: 21.08.09 |
Thanks Chris Already added my details. Thi sparticular fly seems to be a loner in that I have only ever seen one in the same location. It sat for shots once but since tends to hide. Stephane thank you for id'ing her. I hope to see more I have been searching for a few weeks for an id. |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 22-08-2009 11:50
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9553 Joined: 24.05.05 |
99% it is Pygophora apicalis Schiner
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Peter Ede |
Posted on 22-08-2009 13:19
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Member Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 9 Joined: 21.08.09 |
Thanks Nikita I can't seem to find any other pictures of this fly. |
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| Peter Ede |
Posted on 29-08-2009 06:27
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Member Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 9 Joined: 21.08.09 |
Hi guys Just wondering if this fly is rare at all since I can find no images of it on the net? I have found him again in the garden. I'm almost certain it's the same fly and only ever see one Thanks |
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