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 Melanostoma scalare? male 2
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| blowave |
Posted on 04-12-2009 19:54
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 Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Hi again  This male taken on 19th September 2009 on Hypericum, is this correct? 2 pics. blowave attached the following image:  [106.41Kb] |
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| blowave |
Posted on 04-12-2009 19:54
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
pic 2
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| lagura |
Posted on 04-12-2009 22:19
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 Member Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posts: 1241 Joined: 24.10.08 |
This one looks peculiar. The head is clearly male but the abdominal markings looks female. Intersex?
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| blowave |
Posted on 04-12-2009 23:37
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Interesting, I do remember it being extremely small. The Hypericum is a dwarf plant but I can't at the moment remember the species name, the flowers are not as big as shrubby ones. Unfortunately it flew before I could get a back view but I got 3 good side shots. I just thought of another I have but only one pic from 14th July, it is a female but the marks are a little broader than either M. scalare or mellinum. I wonder if it was the parent? It struck me as strange too. Edited by blowave on 04-12-2009 23:40 |
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