Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinid
Posted by oceanlis2000 on 10-10-2011 10:08
#1
Hello
Down to the last few tachinds of the year, here's number 1!
Any help on it ID gratefully received
Edited by oceanlis2000 on 10-10-2011 10:10
Posted by oceanlis2000 on 10-10-2011 10:08
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2
Posted by oceanlis2000 on 10-10-2011 10:09
#3
3
Posted by oceanlis2000 on 10-10-2011 10:10
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4
Posted by oceanlis2000 on 10-10-2011 10:10
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5
Posted by ChrisR on 10-10-2011 10:15
#6
Siphona :)
Posted by oceanlis2000 on 14-10-2011 10:18
#7
Thanks Chris, another quite colourful fly
I wonder if they see the same colours as we do!
Posted by ChrisR on 14-10-2011 11:15
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oceanlis2000 wrote:
I wonder if they see the same colours as we do!
I doubt it very much ... each group of animals seem to have eyes tuned to detect different groups of light frequencies and insects have extra adaptations to see in the ultraviolet end of the spectrum, I believe. You have to remember that "colour" is a human concept that we use to express how our brains perceive a particular (small) part of the light spectrum :) What insects are capable of detecting is bound to be different and how their eyes & brains resolve those images is bound to be very different indeed :)