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 Australian Platystomatidae?
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 01-12-2011 02:46
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 Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Is this Platystomatidae? At light, Townsville, Queensland. Graeme Cocks attached the following image:  [135.16Kb] |
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 01-12-2011 07:12
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Nope. Pyrgotidae, as I can see through the scales, a Toxura sp. or near that genus
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 01-12-2011 07:35
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Thanks Valery. Sorry about the scales. I usually give them a rinse in metho, but this one missed out on a wash. |
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 01-12-2011 11:35
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I used to brush them pyrgotids up a lot every day. What is metho?
Edited by Nosferatumyia on 01-12-2011 11:36 Val |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 01-12-2011 20:39
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Metho is alcohol available in supermarkets, called Methylated Spirits. It's 98% ethanol. The rest is methanol, flavour, and a purple dye. I think the flavour is pyridene which is supposed to stop the alcoholics drinking it. Pure alcohol from a chemist requires a permit. |
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 01-12-2011 23:16
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Thanx! Hardly it worx in this country. We have enough ethanol to use no denaturated stuff.
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