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Hypoderma bovis?
miked	#1 Posted on 23-01-2008 15:05
Member Location: Posts: 70 Joined: 20.10.06	is this a warble-fly. cheam, london, uk seems a very unlikely situation to find one. miked attached the following image: [99.22Kb] Edited by miked on 29-01-2008 18:23


Zeegers	#2 Posted on 23-01-2008 18:40
Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18805 Joined: 21.07.04	It isn't It a Syrphid: Merodon (equestris, I guess) Theo


Andre	#3 Posted on 23-01-2008 19:46
Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04	Very strange picture... flash? Photoshop? Do you have some from other angles?


miked	#4 Posted on 23-01-2008 21:46
Member Location: Posts: 70 Joined: 20.10.06	not photoshop just flash miked attached the following image: [88.85Kb]


Tony Irwin	#5 Posted on 26-01-2008 22:53
Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7235 Joined: 19.11.04	When was the photo taken? - it looks to be freshly emerged. Tony ---------- Tony Irwin


miked	#6 Posted on 28-01-2008 13:15
Member Location: Posts: 70 Joined: 20.10.06	10am 29 May


Tony Irwin	#7 Posted on 28-01-2008 18:58
Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7235 Joined: 19.11.04	Thanks - just checking it wasn't a January specimen! Tony ---------- Tony Irwin


amalia_raluca	#8 Posted on 29-01-2008 08:47
Member Location: Romania Posts: 590 Joined: 22.03.07	Could it be M. equestris f. validus? Amalia


Zeegers	#9 Posted on 29-01-2008 17:43
Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18805 Joined: 21.07.04	I'm not sure why the title has been changed, it is NOT a Hypoderma and I do believe it is a Merodon. Theo


miked	#10 Posted on 29-01-2008 18:22
Member Location: Posts: 70 Joined: 20.10.06	sorry about that I was trying to reflect the fact that I had got the identity wrong in the first place and to change it to the correct name. will remove my change