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| nick upton |
Posted on 04-11-2018 22:13
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 819 Joined: 12.03.10 |
8mm flies on intertidal mussel shells on a shore in Cornwall UK on 11.9.18 Males were courting by opening wings at intervals. I think these are Fucellia maritima, the more common of the 2 UK Fucellia species, with a more southwesterly distribution than the other species F. fucorum, which I read has black tibia which I don't see her, but I'd wecome feedback/comment on my tentative ID. nick upton attached the following image:  [249.55Kb] Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 04-11-2018 22:15
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 819 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Another shot
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| nick upton |
Posted on 04-11-2018 22:16
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 819 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Wing-opening courtship
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 09-11-2018 18:18
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9305 Joined: 24.05.05 |
I can confirm that it is not F. fucorum: either tibiae yellow and av seta on t2 absent
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 09-11-2018 18:52
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 819 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Many thanks Nikita for ruling out F. fucorum, though I now realise that F. tergina is a possibility in the UK as well as F.maritima which is slightly more common. I doubt my photos are detailed enough to be sure which this is.
Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 09-11-2018 19:26
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9305 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Is there any lateral image (never mind how bad) to check width of gena?
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 09-11-2018 19:45
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 819 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Sorry, no really lateral view, the only other shot , attachedhere is also slightly from above so probably does not help.
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