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 Ephydridae, Hydrellia albilabris Male and female.
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 16-06-2012 09:13
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5269 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Found this pair on rocks at the Burn of Valayre...can't be anything else? The male.. Roger Thomason attached the following image:  [167.74Kb] |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 16-06-2012 09:14
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5269 Joined: 17.07.08 |
the male again..
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 16-06-2012 09:15
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5269 Joined: 17.07.08 |
The female, just over 1 mm it seems..
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 16-06-2012 16:37
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I don't think this is albilabris - that has a much more shining black thorax. Not certain what species this is, however. Need a bit of time to sort it out.
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Cranefly |
Posted on 19-06-2012 05:48
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Member Location: Shachovskaya Posts: 647 Joined: 17.09.08 |
Hydrellia albilabris has black palpus, thephoto 1 shows us yellow palpus. So it is some Hydrellia sp. |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 20-06-2012 23:19
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5269 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Thanks Tony and Cranefly..oh well, another to add to the ever-growing pile of unknowns. Hydrellia sp. it will be...  |
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