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 A conopid - but which one?
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| SteveC |
Posted on 10-03-2010 00:44
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Member Location: Wiltshire, England Posts: 20 Joined: 15.07.04 |
A fogotten image was rediscovered while 'spring cleaning' my folders. Taken in Red Lodge Wood, nr. Swindon, Wiltshire last July. Looks similar to Conops quardrifasciatus - but has black legs! Any ideas anyone, please. Sorry - I can't seem to upload the image even though it's only 70kbs in size and 600pxls wide! I've uploaded it to Flickr so you can see it here: http://www.flickr...421294812/  TIA Steve. Edited by ChrisR on 10-03-2010 01:06 This mail is a natural product. The slight variation in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 10-03-2010 01:05
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 Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
The head looks totally wrong for a conopid - have you considered that it might be an asilid?
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| rvanderweele |
Posted on 10-03-2010 06:24
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Member Location: Zoelmond, the Netherlands Posts: 1984 Joined: 01.11.06 |
A beautiful Choerades! Species? gilva or marginata
ruud van der weele rvanderweele@gmail.com |
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| SteveC |
Posted on 10-03-2010 23:55
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Member Location: Wiltshire, England Posts: 20 Joined: 15.07.04 |
Thanks to Chris and Ruud both. Oops! [red faced with embarressment] that's my sloppy deductions - I just looked at the distinctive antennae and jumped to the wrong conclusions. Given that Choerades gilva is presumed extinct in the UK I assume it must be C. marginata. I have another [poor] shot which is head-on showing the white band of hairs below the antennae. Red Lodge Wood, or at least that part of it, is Oak woodland with the rest being 30-40 year old conifer plantation. And thanks Chris for getting my pic visable - not sure what I wasn't doing right? If this one doesn't work perhaps you can fix it too... SteveC attached the following image:  [58.67Kb] Edited by SteveC on 11-03-2010 00:00 This mail is a natural product. The slight variation in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 11-03-2010 00:18
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Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Looks like you got it spot-on this time  Last time you just pasted the URL without making it clickable with the URL tag ... but to make it visible I just went to your Flickr and then copied the actual image URL and used the IMG tag to display it here 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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but don't see the image in the post.