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raywilson
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Posted on 25-10-2009 21:09
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I photographed this in a hedgerow bordered by hay meadows in Cheshire, UK. I initially thought it was a small Rhagionidae but it only has 2 pads on its feet. Is it possibly a Therevidae? Or something else entirely...
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Posted on 25-10-2009 21:14
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Hi Ray, it looks like Platypalpus (Hybotidae) to me (but I'm often wrong)Wink

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You're not wrong Wink.
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Thanks
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Wonderful photography Ray, especially the series on Arthropod vectors of human diseases, wow!
 
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