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Siphona geniculata
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Roger Thomason |
Posted on 16-10-2009 18:26
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![]() Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5252 Joined: 17.07.08 |
About the only fly seen in the garden today, other than the odd Anthomyiidae and Bluebottles ![]() It is the only species of Tachinidae recorded in Shetland. Correct ID?? Roger Thomason attached the following image: ![]() [167.42Kb] Edited by ChrisR on 16-10-2009 21:25 |
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Roger Thomason |
Posted on 16-10-2009 18:27
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lagura |
Posted on 16-10-2009 19:01
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Well, it's definitely a Siphona ![]() Edit: And it could very well be geniculata Edited by lagura on 16-10-2009 19:16 ![]() |
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Roger Thomason |
Posted on 16-10-2009 19:18
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Well spotted Lars....you are getting good at this. What is your secret. ![]() Roger ![]() |
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lagura |
Posted on 16-10-2009 19:20
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If I told you that it would no longer be a secret ![]() ![]() |
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ChrisR |
Posted on 16-10-2009 21:25
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Hmm, certainly Siphona ... but can you see median marginal bristles on T1+2? Most S.geniculata (and some cristata) have them. The main problem is that in the north you get quite a few very interesting/rare species and the situation isn't as clear-cut as it is in the south ![]() Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
Roger Thomason |
Posted on 16-10-2009 23:09
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![]() Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5252 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Thanks Chris I wouldn't know a median marginal bristle if it poked me in the eye, sorry mate... ![]() ![]() Regards nevertheless, Roger |
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ChrisR |
Posted on 16-10-2009 23:16
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![]() Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Don't worry Roger - the median marginals on T1+2 are easy ... it's the ones that this fly doesn't have ![]() ![]() ![]() Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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