Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ephydridae; Parydra sp.?

Posted by Roger Thomason on 10-06-2012 12:20
#1

Found in my garden a couple of days ago...couple of mm-ish.

EDIT; Parydra sp. added to headline.

Edited by Roger Thomason on 11-06-2012 10:10

Posted by Roger Thomason on 10-06-2012 12:22
#2

2.much the same view..:|

Posted by Tony Irwin on 10-06-2012 20:12
#3

Looks like one of the smaller Parydra species, but I have been up since 3.00 this morning, so receive this with caution!

Posted by Roger Thomason on 11-06-2012 09:46
#4

Tony Irwin wrote:
Looks like one of the smaller Parydra species, but I have been up since 3.00 this morning, so receive this with caution!


Thanks Tony, must be a real bummer combining a milk round with your regular job..hard times huh?

Regards Roger...on holiday AKA.... painting :|

Posted by Tony Irwin on 11-06-2012 13:15
#5

I can picture you now, Roger - beret at a jaunty angle, freshly laundered smock, easel at the ready, just waiting for the perfect light to capture the landscape in oils ...

Posted by Roger Thomason on 11-06-2012 18:08
#6

Tony Irwin wrote:
I can picture you now, Roger - beret at a jaunty angle, freshly laundered smock, easel at the ready, just waiting for the perfect light to capture the landscape in oils ...


Close but no cigar Tony..A pic. of me after finishing making a fire surround..beret on just for a laugh (ie, plonker)...and I do watercolours..as per example from 2007.

Edited by Roger Thomason on 11-06-2012 18:51

Posted by Sundew on 11-06-2012 18:12
#7

That's really lovely, Roger - but I cannot recognize the fly in your painting ;).

Posted by Roger Thomason on 11-06-2012 18:17
#8

Sundew wrote:
That's really lovely, Roger - but I cannot recognize the fly in your painting ;).


Scathophaga furcata I think |t

Edited by Roger Thomason on 11-06-2012 18:52

Posted by Tony Irwin on 11-06-2012 20:57
#9

That's actually quite nice. ;)
I'll just get back to my gold-tops and semi-skimmed. :|