Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Identification Guides

Posted by ChrisR on 10-05-2007 18:55
#16

The theory is good ... but how do you know (in the field) which features on the insect you have to show, to be able to identify the insect later in the keys? ;)

It's also impossible to photograph a fly's terminalia without extending them from a dead specimen. Also, a lot of features are microscopic in size - requiring 40x magnification to see them. You can't view those without using a dead specimen.