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| fleabag |
Posted on 20-04-2007 22:03
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 Member Location: Sussex UK Posts: 183 Joined: 13.07.06 |
Hi, Please could anyone help to id this?possibly not a great id pic. Found in rural sussex uk,I'd guess about 5mm,seemed quite small and chunky looking. thanks, Noel. fleabag attached the following image:  [73.36Kb] |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 20-04-2007 22:15
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Family Sarcophagidae? |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 20-04-2007 22:48
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9511 Joined: 24.05.05 |
or may be some small Phasia?
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 20-04-2007 23:06
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Was it photographed recently? It does look like a Phasia (small antennae, petiolate mein-M with curve etc). Dusting might suggest P.obesa but it's an odd angle - any other shots? |
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| fleabag |
Posted on 20-04-2007 23:58
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Member Location: Sussex UK Posts: 183 Joined: 13.07.06 |
I found it just a few days ago...i only got a few shots before it flew off. this one shows a slightly different angle fleabag attached the following image:  [66.82Kb] |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 21-04-2007 09:55
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Yeah, I'd be reasonably happy to say it was Phasia obesa, but the angle makes it a bit tricky to get my bearings. If so it would be a nice sighting because I don't think I have ever seen it this early in the UK. In Belshaw the (British) flight period was quoted as starting in "early June" but in Tschorsnig & Herting the (European) flight period is listed as starting in "early May", which suggests the species is now fitting in an early brood here where there wasn't one before... perhaps. |
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| fleabag |
Posted on 22-04-2007 14:55
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Member Location: Sussex UK Posts: 183 Joined: 13.07.06 |
thanks for the helpful replies + id  always good to see + photograph a new one for my collection.Seems everythings out early with this weather were having. Noel. |
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