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 Sphaerophoria sp. identification, Sussex Uk
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| Jan-Paul Charteris |
Posted on 04-08-2011 15:23
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Can this be identified to species, or just to Sphaerophoria sp. from the photo?
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| Jan-Paul Charteris |
Posted on 04-08-2011 15:25
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Another photo attached
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| tristram |
Posted on 04-08-2011 18:46
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1334 Joined: 27.06.10 |
The only time you can reliably identify a female UK Sphaerophoria from photos is if you catch it mating with a male S. scripta. |
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| Jan-Paul Charteris |
Posted on 04-08-2011 19:08
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tristram wrote: The only time you can reliably identify a female UK Sphaerophoria from photos is if you catch it mating with a male S. scripta. Ah ok! Didn't know that! Thanks for the reply |
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