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| Stephen R |
Posted on 25-07-2012 21:20
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1.6mm, Clitheroe UK, 24 July 2012. A number of these very small flies around a bird dropping. At least one male aggressively defended territory - even had a head-to-head with a large Palloptera, but had to retreat when the big fly insisted on feeding. Stephen R attached the following image:  [77Kb] |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 25-07-2012 21:21
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 25-07-2012 21:22
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2374 Joined: 12.06.09 |
Many more pix if needed.
Stephen R attached the following image:  [63.64Kb] Edited by Stephen R on 25-07-2012 21:24 |
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| Sara21392 |
Posted on 26-07-2012 16:15
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Looks like Oscinellinae, would you please put some more pics about? (Pics are unclear for ID) 
Sincerely yours Sara |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 27-07-2012 13:12
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Here are three more. What do you need to see?
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 27-07-2012 13:13
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 27-07-2012 13:15
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 27-07-2012 13:18
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2374 Joined: 12.06.09 |
And another for luck! As you can see, there is more than one individual here. I saw at most three or four at the same time.
Stephen R attached the following image:  [80.21Kb] Edited by Stephen R on 27-07-2012 13:23 |
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| Sara21392 |
Posted on 29-07-2012 22:06
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Stephen! Would you please look at Costal vein for sure and tell me please, that is this vein reaching to M2+3?
Sincerely yours Sara |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 29-07-2012 23:10
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2374 Joined: 12.06.09 |
I think these two images show it.
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 29-07-2012 23:11
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| Sara21392 |
Posted on 31-07-2012 13:11
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According the key, I arriving to Botanobia sp. This genus is very similar to Gaurax, as the key says.  Is there Botanobia in the list of your area?
Edited by Sara21392 on 31-07-2012 13:12 Sincerely yours Sara |
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| Terry Wheeler |
Posted on 24-09-2012 01:04
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Member Location: Montreal, QC, Canada Posts: 8 Joined: 20.08.12 |
These are Gaurax (Botanobia isn't used as a valid name for any genus now; it has been used to refer to a few genera, depending on the literature source). I'm not terribly confident about the identity of the British species so I'll stick to genus. Charley Eiseman photographed three species of Gaurax feeding on the same bird dropping in Massachusetts, USA (photos of all the species are on bugguide.net). Terry |
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| Sara21392 |
Posted on 28-09-2012 12:25
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Thank you so much Terry! 
Sincerely yours Sara |
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...what you prefer, we can discus this, during some good wine, cheese and many new pinned flies!