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 Black fly for ID Please
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| PeterD |
Posted on 17-09-2010 11:09
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Member Location: Portsmouth UK Posts: 297 Joined: 08.11.09 |
Seen at Plant Farm, Waterlooville. Click here for larger image >>http://www.imagei...zay-XL.jpg Thank you Kind regards Peter www.imageinuk.com |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 17-09-2010 13:45
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
My first impression is muscidae - Hebecnema, but I havebeen wrong before (it's hard to believe but it's true!)
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| PeterD |
Posted on 17-09-2010 14:09
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Member Location: Portsmouth UK Posts: 297 Joined: 08.11.09 |
Kahis wrote: My first impression is muscidae - Hebecnema, but I havebeen wrong before (it's hard to believe but it's true!) Thank you Kahis for your help again  Before posting, I rattled through the families to ty and establish at least that level but failed even there!I have been right on some (very few) IDs but my track record is very poor 
Kind regards Peter www.imageinuk.com |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 17-09-2010 18:15
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Sorry, but this is a male Hydrotaea (subgenus Ophyra). It is very probably H. capensis.
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| PeterD |
Posted on 17-09-2010 19:46
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Member Location: Portsmouth UK Posts: 297 Joined: 08.11.09 |
Stephane Lebrun wrote: Sorry, but this is a male Hydrotaea (subgenus Ophyra). It is very probably H. capensis. Thank you Stephane I know one thing for sure - I would never have got there without your help.
Kind regards Peter www.imageinuk.com |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 17-09-2010 21:06
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Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
So I was wrong  But in my defence, H. capensis is a species I have never seen before.
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