Posted by Roger Thomason on 22-09-2012 15:48
#1
Found at Scatsta Airport last night..after 7 hours :S in the freezer still managed to revive itself and fly away |t
Nameable?
Posted by Gnats2meetu on 22-09-2012 18:11
#2
Interesting about the freeze tolerance, Roger! Check out Ted Sformo's paper on
Exechia nugatoria and it's freeze tolerance and supercooling strategy. Can't see the wings but going on the hind tibia there is that evident posterior comb of bristles so the tribe is likely Mycetophilini, I'd guess. Any aerial pics?
Posted by Roger Thomason on 23-09-2012 07:27
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R2DD wrote:
Interesting about the freeze tolerance, Roger! Check out Ted Sformo's paper on Exechia nugatoria and it's freeze tolerance and supercooling strategy. Can't see the wings but going on the hind tibia there is that evident posterior comb of bristles so the tribe is likely Mycetophilini, I'd guess. Any aerial pics?
Hi Rob..Bejesus
An Aerial View..if I'd known you needed one of those I would have got one of the pilots to get a helicopter out of the hangar...then again, the down-draft off the rotors would have blown the fly away. ;)
Here's a couple I took (STREET VIEW) |t..Hope it helps.
I've included a pic off google earth..can't really see much though..+ it's an old pic, and the fly was caught at night...;)
Posted by Gnats2meetu on 23-09-2012 10:32
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LOL, LOL, LOL...... Much better, looks like an
Epicypta sp. Hopefully someone else looks too!
Epicypta sp or
Mycetophila sp but I opt for
Epicypta
Edited by Gnats2meetu on 23-09-2012 10:52