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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 22-09-2012 15:48
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5269 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Found at Scatsta Airport last night..after 7 hours  in the freezer still managed to revive itself and fly away  Nameable? Roger Thomason attached the following image:  [190.03Kb] |
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| Gnats2meetu |
Posted on 22-09-2012 18:11
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 Member Location: York, U.K. Posts: 303 Joined: 06.07.09 |
Interesting about the freeze tolerance, Roger! Check out Ted Sformo's paper on Exechia nugatoria and it's freeze tolerance and supercooling strategy. Can't see the wings but going on the hind tibia there is that evident posterior comb of bristles so the tribe is likely Mycetophilini, I'd guess. Any aerial pics?
Bobby D Jorvík |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 23-09-2012 07:27
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5269 Joined: 17.07.08 |
R2DD wrote: Interesting about the freeze tolerance, Roger! Check out Ted Sformo's paper on Exechia nugatoria and it's freeze tolerance and supercooling strategy. Can't see the wings but going on the hind tibia there is that evident posterior comb of bristles so the tribe is likely Mycetophilini, I'd guess. Any aerial pics? Hi Rob..Bejesus An Aerial View..if I'd known you needed one of those I would have got one of the pilots to get a helicopter out of the hangar...then again, the down-draft off the rotors would have blown the fly away.  Here's a couple I took (STREET VIEW) ..Hope it helps.I've included a pic off google earth..can't really see much though..+ it's an old pic, and the fly was caught at night...
Roger Thomason attached the following image:  [166.85Kb] |
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| Gnats2meetu |
Posted on 23-09-2012 10:32
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Member Location: York, U.K. Posts: 303 Joined: 06.07.09 |
LOL, LOL, LOL...... Much better, looks like an Epicypta sp. Hopefully someone else looks too! Epicypta sp or Mycetophila sp but I opt for Epicypta
Edited by Gnats2meetu on 23-09-2012 10:52 Bobby D Jorvík |
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