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tiny scatopsid
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mwkozlowski |
Posted on 19-10-2008 08:59
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Member Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 753 Joined: 17.10.06 |
I always see these funny, tiny (not bigger than 2 mm) scatopsids on tansy flowers, any chance for ID?
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Paul Beuk |
Posted on 20-10-2008 08:51
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19324 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Swammerdammella sp.
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mwkozlowski |
Posted on 20-10-2008 12:37
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Member Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 753 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Thanks much, Paul What a fantastic name for so an unconspicous animal!!! Edited by mwkozlowski on 20-10-2008 12:38 very general entomologist |
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Juergen Peters |
Posted on 20-10-2008 21:29
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 13847 Joined: 11.09.04 |
mwkozlowski wrote: What a fantastic name for so an unconspicous animal!!! And a confusing one for those also interested in Lepidoptera... Reminds me of genera Swammerdamia, Pseudoswammerdamia and Paraswammerdamia (ermine moths) and of Nematopogon swammerdamella (a longhorn moth). I love those names...! Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
mwkozlowski |
Posted on 21-10-2008 09:43
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Member Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 753 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Swadderdamm was a dutch naturalist from XVII century, one of the first working with a microscope; he described red blood cells and made many other findings,; he was an enthusiastic entomologist and very religious; famous are his remareks on the beuty of a lause.
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Paul Beuk |
Posted on 21-10-2008 10:30
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19324 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Swadderdamm? ROFL Swammerdam in WikiPedia Edited by Paul Beuk on 21-10-2008 10:31 Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
Juergen Peters |
Posted on 21-10-2008 17:05
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 13847 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Paul Beuk wrote: Swadderdamm? ROFL You see, how confusing those names are? Quod erat demonstrandum... Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
mwkozlowski |
Posted on 22-10-2008 12:50
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Member Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 753 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Juergen Peters wrote: Paul Beuk wrote: Swadderdamm? ROFL You see, how confusing those names are? Quod erat demonstrandum... I should better use copy-paste very general entomologist |
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