Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Stiff #2<C.vicina (M) ID'd by Tony Irwin
Posted by Roger Thomason on 17-02-2009 17:21
#1
Here's a small blue fly found it Scatsta Airport..what was it
Edited by Roger Thomason on 17-02-2009 21:32
Posted by Roger Thomason on 17-02-2009 17:21
#2
Stiff #2
Posted by Roger Thomason on 17-02-2009 17:22
#3
Last of Stiff #2
Posted by Roger Thomason on 17-02-2009 17:24
#4
Size comparison with C.vicina (F)
Edited by Roger Thomason on 17-02-2009 21:32
Posted by Tony Irwin on 17-02-2009 19:28
#5
#2 = male
vicina (such a size difference is not unusual in carrion-feeding species, and males are usually smaller)
Posted by Roger Thomason on 17-02-2009 21:27
#6
Thanks Tony...once again :)
I thought the face looked familiar but I didn't think the size differential was so great.
Posted by javanerkelens on 17-02-2009 21:47
#7
What a big difference..:D
Nice to see...
Joke van Erkelens
Posted by Roger Thomason on 18-02-2009 09:42
#8
Yes, you normally only see them through the viewfinder of the camera and don't realise the difference till they are seen side by side....dead.
Posted by Susan R Walter on 18-02-2009 13:39
#9
I think it is worth uploading the photo showing both together to the gallery.
Posted by Roger Thomason on 18-02-2009 22:09
#10
Thanks Joke and Susan
I've tarted-up the photo a bit (better text) and sent it off to the Gallery.
Regards Roger