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| blowave |
Posted on 23-02-2010 20:45
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 Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Hi, I'm taking an (un)educated guess here, it looks like Limnellia sp. but as we only have 3 species of that here, and the other two appear to have dark legs, I chose this one!  I have pics of both male and female from 10th October to 17th November 2009. They were only around 2mm long, found at the base of my south wall (near Lincoln UK) where they hopped onto poor grass blades on sandy soil. A female on 9th November. 4 pics. Janet blowave attached the following image:  [99.42Kb] Edited by blowave on 24-02-2010 15:10 http://cubits.org... |
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| blowave |
Posted on 23-02-2010 20:46
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
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| blowave |
Posted on 23-02-2010 20:47
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
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| blowave |
Posted on 23-02-2010 20:47
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 24-02-2010 01:53
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7347 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Philygria interstincta. Limnellia has a spotted costal cell, and a hairy face with larger mouth opening.
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| blowave |
Posted on 24-02-2010 15:10
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Thank you! We have none of these in the Gallery so I will add them.  Janet http://cubits.org... |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 24-02-2010 20:46
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7347 Joined: 19.11.04 |
And this one looks like a female
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| blowave |
Posted on 24-02-2010 20:51
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Yes, I had thought so too Tony! The swollen abdomen is a good clue, although not necessarily always so.  The eyes on the male do look a tad bigger too. Janet http://cubits.org... |
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