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 Fly on snow
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| olavi |
Posted on 14-04-2008 07:57
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Member Location: Estonia, Tartu Posts: 30 Joined: 05.03.07 |
taken in the end of March in Estonia on snow. The fly is about 5 mm in size. I would to be grateful for any replies. 
olavi attached the following image:  [139.5Kb] Edited by olavi on 14-04-2008 08:01 |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 14-04-2008 08:10
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9480 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Anthomyiidae, may be Phorbia
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Michael Ackland |
Posted on 14-04-2008 09:15
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Member Location: Dorset UK Posts: 680 Joined: 23.02.08 |
I think it is our old friend Egle ciliata F. female. 4 posterior dorsocentrals, no anterior dorsal setae on mid tibia, projecting palpi and proboscis and biserial orbitals. Phorbia females would probably show the laterally compressed cerci at the end of the abdomen, and are generally darker. Unlike a few Alliopsis who actively land on snow on mountains, probably looking for prey, this female has got caught on the snow and is temporarily frozen, looking for sallow blossom |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 14-04-2008 09:50
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
Hello Olavi. Nice photo! The fly is correctly exposed - not easily done with such a bright background. But please post smaller images (around 600 pixels wide). Just show the fly - the background, which fills most of the area is this case - doesn't matter for identifying the fly. As an example, I made a smaller version of your fly. Kahis attached the following image:  [46.08Kb] Kahis |
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| olavi |
Posted on 16-04-2008 07:39
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Member Location: Estonia, Tartu Posts: 30 Joined: 05.03.07 |
Thanks for taxonomic as well as for technical comments and advises. Olavi |
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