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 Tachinidae: Cinochira atra
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 06-05-2011 17:41
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 Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
3+mm, Clitheroe UK, 6 May 2011. Well, at least I recognised it this time.  Is this shadow-boxing a male thing? How can you distinguish the sexes?
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 06-05-2011 17:46
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Having never seen one in the wild (like most people) I'd have to pass on that question - but great photo and observation You could take a video of it perhaps?
Edited by ChrisR on 06-05-2011 18:05 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Sara21392 |
Posted on 06-05-2011 18:01
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Nice fly and nice photo..! 
Sincerely yours Sara |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 06-05-2011 18:05
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
Of course, I've just realised that 'Cinochira' is the Greek for 'hand-waving', so this must be typical behaviour. Next time I see one I'll tell it to wait while I buy a camera that does video  |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 06-05-2011 18:07
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Haha ... my little compact camera does fairly OK-ish video but I am still learning how to get the best out of it in macro mode.
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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