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 Could this be Chironomus tentans?
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| Gateside |
Posted on 05-06-2015 07:56
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 Member Location: Cumbria, UK Posts: 74 Joined: 24.10.13 |
Seen 25th May, in Cumbria, UK, close to a large lagoon, and the sea. Visually it looks very similar to Chironomus tentans, but is it possible to tell from images alone? I hope this is a male. There was another very similar fly there too, but it had much duller markings, and looked like a female. There has been one confirmed sighting at this nature reserve of this species, in 1992. Nigel G. Gateside attached the following image:  [67.61Kb] Edited by Gateside on 05-06-2015 07:57 |
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| Gateside |
Posted on 05-06-2015 08:00
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image 2 of 5
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Posted on 05-06-2015 08:01
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image 3 of 5 - view of front of head and markings on thorax.
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Posted on 05-06-2015 08:03
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image 4 of 5.
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Posted on 05-06-2015 08:04
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image 5 - close-up of tail.
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| John Carr |
Posted on 05-06-2015 10:31
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Possibly Chironomus tentans. All the flies are female. |
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| Gateside |
Posted on 05-06-2015 12:47
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Member Location: Cumbria, UK Posts: 74 Joined: 24.10.13 |
Thanks very much John. So I had wrongly assumed that it looked like male claspers on the last photo. I guess these are too difficult to ID via images. Nigel. |
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but don't see the image in the post.
