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 3 ID requests from Israel (Bombyliidae, Empididae, Syrphidae)
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| Gideon |
Posted on 29-03-2012 21:49
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Member Location: Tel Aviv, Israel Posts: 7 Joined: 29.03.12 |
Taken in northern Israel in a Mediterranean region, in March-April. Thank you in advance. Gideon attached the following image:  [177.42Kb] |
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| Gideon |
Posted on 29-03-2012 21:53
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Member Location: Tel Aviv, Israel Posts: 7 Joined: 29.03.12 |
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| Gideon |
Posted on 29-03-2012 21:56
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Member Location: Tel Aviv, Israel Posts: 7 Joined: 29.03.12 |
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| Gideon |
Posted on 29-03-2012 21:57
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Member Location: Tel Aviv, Israel Posts: 7 Joined: 29.03.12 |
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| mossnisse |
Posted on 30-03-2012 08:06
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 Member Location: Sweden, Umeå Posts: 442 Joined: 19.01.12 |
1. Bombylidae, Bombylius, Systechus or similar genera 2. Empididae, Empis sp. 3. Syrphidae, Maybe Eristalis |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 30-03-2012 09:06
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Welcome to the forum Gideon  I am sure that more people will be along to help with the IDs ... but for the future it is better to post different flies in different threads because it gets confusing to readers sometimes when they are all mixed up 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Gideon |
Posted on 30-03-2012 11:47
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Member Location: Tel Aviv, Israel Posts: 7 Joined: 29.03.12 |
Thanks guys (-: |
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| Gideon |
Posted on 30-03-2012 11:49
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Member Location: Tel Aviv, Israel Posts: 7 Joined: 29.03.12 |
BTW if photos of specific body parts (wing venation etc.) can help, please tell me. |
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| mossnisse |
Posted on 30-03-2012 12:14
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Member Location: Sweden, Umeå Posts: 442 Joined: 19.01.12 |
Wing venation and pattern are necessary for the identification of the Bombylid, but usually they hover and don’t hold the wing still. |
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| Gideon |
Posted on 30-03-2012 12:32
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Member Location: Tel Aviv, Israel Posts: 7 Joined: 29.03.12 |
Right, I don't have it for this one. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 30-03-2012 19:21
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
In general if you have photos from different angles then it helps ... that's another good reason to have 1 fly per thread, so that you can have lots of photos of the fly in there and show as much as possible
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 31-03-2012 12:56
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Just wondering if the hoverfly might be a Merodon... And for convenience sake, please, just one species in a thread, as per Code of Conduct? Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Menno Reemer |
Posted on 31-03-2012 16:55
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Member Location: Posts: 344 Joined: 10.06.04 |
Paul is right, the syrphids belong to Merodon. Interesting picture, with the male apparently in mating position while hovering, holding the female and its genitalia folded out! |
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