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 Phoridae (scuttle fly) Megaselia rufipes?
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 29-08-2012 15:37
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Found this one doing what scuttle flies do, scuttling around on my kitchen window. A couple of minutes in the freezer slowed it down for a bit...Correct ID & a male? Size...just under 4mm. Roger Thomason attached the following image:  [162.06Kb] Edited by Roger Thomason on 29-08-2012 15:41 |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 29-08-2012 15:38
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 29-08-2012 17:07
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Last photo is amazing, Roger!!!! A pity the chosen background!  |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 29-08-2012 20:06
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
But the ID is correct, which is probably more amazing than the background. 
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 29-08-2012 22:14
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Hmm..A couple of wise guys huh? Maybe the last photo inspired your somewhat tongue-in-cheek replies Actually I had seen this type before and had it ID'd by Tony Irwin and Brian Brown...so in card playing terms..I was working with a rigged deck . Also have a couple of pics from that thread in the Gallery.http://www.dipter...d_id=24492 As for the background..I had the fly in the freezer for about 4 minutes and didn't really expect it to do an impersonation of Lazarus whan I set it on graph paper [2mm squares] to get an idea of size without having to actually measure it. Regards Roger..the not so "amazing" ... Roger Thomason attached the following image:  [113.6Kb] Edited by Roger Thomason on 29-08-2012 22:22 |
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