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 Red Sea. Sphaerophoria?
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 06-02-2007 21:10
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9455 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Egypt, Safaga, hotel's garden, 9mm, end of Janv.
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| Gerard Pennards |
Posted on 06-02-2007 23:20
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 Member Location: Amersfoort Posts: 1914 Joined: 07.06.04 |
Yes, indeed it is a male Sphaerophoria. Impossible to determine the species from a picture, for that you have to dissect the genitalia. For the males that is, because females of a lot of species are indistinguishable from each other! Greetings, Greetings, Gerard Pennards |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 07-02-2007 10:20
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9455 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Thank you Gerard.
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