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| Philippe moniotte |
Posted on 14-07-2011 09:50
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 Member Location: Heron, Belgium Posts: 865 Joined: 14.10.05 |
Hello all, Those flies were very numerous on the organic debris of the tide mark in the Parc national du Bic (Québec, Saint Laurent estuary). Is it possible to ID them, at least to family ? Size like a largish house fly. TIA Philippe Philippe moniotte attached the following image:  [81.93Kb] Edited by Philippe moniotte on 14-07-2011 09:52 A beautiful hypothesis can be slain by an ugly fact. |
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| Philippe moniotte |
Posted on 14-07-2011 09:53
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Member Location: Heron, Belgium Posts: 865 Joined: 14.10.05 |
Another picture
Philippe moniotte attached the following image:  [104.94Kb] A beautiful hypothesis can be slain by an ugly fact. |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 14-07-2011 10:00
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Ceratinostoma (Scathophagidae). I don't know the species in Quebec. In Europa, only C. ostiorum.
Stephane. |
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| Philippe moniotte |
Posted on 14-07-2011 11:20
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Member Location: Heron, Belgium Posts: 865 Joined: 14.10.05 |
Thanks Stephane I thought it had the Gestalt of a scathophagidae! Bugguide has one entry for C. ostiorum in Massachussetts, and no other species is mentionned. If you had not known the location, would you have said it was ostiorum, based on the pictures ? Philippe A beautiful hypothesis can be slain by an ugly fact. |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 14-07-2011 11:44
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Certainly !
Stephane. |
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| Philippe moniotte |
Posted on 14-07-2011 12:07
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Member Location: Heron, Belgium Posts: 865 Joined: 14.10.05 |
OK, then, I'll make it cf, just in case  Thanks again Philippe A beautiful hypothesis can be slain by an ugly fact. |
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