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 Pales pavida
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| oceanlis2000 |
Posted on 03-05-2011 09:42
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Member Location: Wales, UK Posts: 570 Joined: 15.06.10 |
01-05-11 Mid-Wales Hello Think this may be a tachinid so posting it on for the TRS Hope it's of use, will need to be named! With Best Wishes Elisabeth oceanlis2000 attached the following image:  [63.21Kb] Edited by oceanlis2000 on 05-05-2011 15:05 Dr Elisabeth A. Harris @FloraConsUK |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 03-05-2011 09:51
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Pales pavida perhaps? Do you have any more angles? I got a mating pair recently: 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 03-05-2011 17:21
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19175 Joined: 21.07.04 |
It is a Pales and there is only P. pavida in Wales Theo |
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| oceanlis2000 |
Posted on 05-05-2011 15:02
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Member Location: Wales, UK Posts: 570 Joined: 15.06.10 |
 Nice pair Chris and great to get an ID
Edited by oceanlis2000 on 05-05-2011 15:04 Dr Elisabeth A. Harris @FloraConsUK |
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| oceanlis2000 |
Posted on 06-05-2011 12:15
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Member Location: Wales, UK Posts: 570 Joined: 15.06.10 |
Here'a photo of the blue metallic abdomen for completion
oceanlis2000 attached the following image:  [83.6Kb] Dr Elisabeth A. Harris @FloraConsUK |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 06-05-2011 12:33
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Yes, the blue tinge is a nice confirmatory feature but other species do look similar. The head is the clincher and the pale tibiae 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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