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| Stephen R |
Posted on 25-10-2009 14:01
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 Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
Can anything be said? 3.8mm, Oct 24 Lancashire UK.
Stephen R attached the following image:  [96.81Kb] Edited by Stephen R on 26-10-2009 11:05 |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 25-10-2009 14:02
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
Dodgy dorsal view:
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 26-10-2009 09:35
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Stephen R wrote: Can anything be said? 3.8mm, Oct 24 Lancashire UK. Hmm, being on my best behaviour I'd say it is a male Simulium sp. that had only had 17 views, (so I thought I better bring that total up a bit) For much better photo's look in the Gallery  .PS; How did you arrive at a size of 3.8mm??? Looks more like 3.68mm to me  Roger |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 26-10-2009 11:04
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
Hello Roger; thanks for your support for my lost cause! I had a feeling that 'can any thing be said?' would attract the foremost authority on this family  . I'm very impressed by your restraint!Of course I have admired your masterpieces in the Gallery, and I can only hope to aspire to such excellence. For the size, I have photographed an engineers' scale at the closest focus point of the lens set-up I use (not a zoom), and I drag this over the image to measure the fly. Sorry if 3.8mm is a bit imprecise! Stephen. |
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