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 A tachinid for Theo :o)
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 20-05-2006 20:21
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
South Oxfordshire, England - 20/5/2006 - about 7mm. I think this is a Phryxe nemea - but just thought I'd get it confirmed 
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 20-05-2006 20:21
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
and another angle...
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| shar |
Posted on 21-05-2006 08:11
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Member Location: Posts: 197 Joined: 15.05.06 |
Beautifull pictures!  gr, Shar |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 21-05-2006 18:54
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Thx - not bad for a hand-held compact camera Update: I've changed my mind - I now think it is Aplomyia confinis ...  |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 22-05-2006 20:08
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19036 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Hi Chris, From what I can see, esp. second picture, I would have guessed... female Aplomyia confinis. So we agree. It is definitely not Phryxe nemea and it doesn't look Phryxe-like. So Aplomyia confinis. Not so common species. Theo Zeegers |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 22-05-2006 21:21
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Hi Theo, Thanks for confirming that - I thought Phryxe because of the hairy eyes, orange scutellum and crossed&lifted apicals. But I changed my ID because I discovered I had taken a specimen a few days earlier. After running it through Belshaw it came out to Aplomyia and it matched 4 other specimens in my collection from the same site. The host works for the site too - lots of nice Lycaenids there (P.icarus, L.coridon, L.bellargus, C.rubi). We have Cadurciella tritaeniata there too.
Edited by ChrisR on 22-05-2006 21:25 |
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