Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Empis livida female?

Posted by blowave on 03-10-2009 15:07
#1

HI,

I have pics of a female taken on 3 different dates, with two different times on one date so have 4 different shoots. They are confusing me with slightly different colouring, but so far they all seem to fit Empis livida female most.

Location a few miles south of Lincoln UK.

First 4 pics were taken on the same date, two pics each time with one early and one later in the day.

Pics 5&6 of the same animal on 1st July

Pic 7 on 3rd August

Janet :)

Pic 1

Posted by blowave on 03-10-2009 15:08
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Pic 2

Posted by blowave on 03-10-2009 15:09
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Pic 3

Posted by blowave on 03-10-2009 15:10
#4

Pic 4

Posted by blowave on 03-10-2009 15:11
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Pic 5

Posted by blowave on 03-10-2009 15:11
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Pic 6

Posted by blowave on 03-10-2009 15:12
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Pic 7

Posted by blowave on 03-10-2009 15:14
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I'm now wondering if pic 3&4 is a male E. livida!:)

Posted by Andre on 03-10-2009 17:09
#9

Yes, 3 and 4 are the males...

Posted by blowave on 03-10-2009 19:11
#10

Thanks Andre, I don't know why I hadn't spotted it before but I think I was more concerned with one pic not showing the tail end is focus, but the other did. It was the out of focus one I was concentrating on, I even wondered if it had a drop of fluid there, lol.

I suppose the rest fit the bill then, Empis livida females.:D