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 Identification
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| John Webley |
Posted on 14-08-2006 19:45
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Member Location: Kent, UK Posts: 21 Joined: 14.08.06 |
Your help in identifying this would be appreciated. Probably obvious but not in my books.
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 14-08-2006 19:55
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7306 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Hi John - Any chance of posting an enlarged picture of this fly? - they don't have to be posted life-size! 
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| John Webley |
Posted on 14-08-2006 20:37
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Member Location: Kent, UK Posts: 21 Joined: 14.08.06 |
Sorry. Hopefully got it right this time.
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 14-08-2006 21:16
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9475 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Hi John. I think it is Muscidae. Among Muscidae I know two possibility with all yellow-red body Phaonia pallida Thricops diaphanus Could you give size, place and date? Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| John Webley |
Posted on 14-08-2006 21:26
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Member Location: Kent, UK Posts: 21 Joined: 14.08.06 |
Hi Nikita, Thanks. Photo taken yesterday in Kent, UK. Size about the same as a housefly. |
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| John Webley |
Posted on 15-08-2006 08:12
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Member Location: Kent, UK Posts: 21 Joined: 14.08.06 |
Sending a larger image which will hopefully help.
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 15-08-2006 10:10
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9475 Joined: 24.05.05 |
I'm sorry John, but I haven't enought knowledge to answer you. May be it is Phaonia pallida of Muscidae, but I can't exclude some Anthomyiidae, like Pegomyia. May be somebody knows and will answer someday. May be nobody can give name on fly on your photo (in some cases nobody can so far, even if you have collected fly!). If so, send another photo and you'll get name. Nikita P.S. As a small compensation I can give you sex - your fly is female. Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| John Webley |
Posted on 15-08-2006 10:22
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Member Location: Kent, UK Posts: 21 Joined: 14.08.06 |
Nikita, Thanks anyway for trying. Much appreciated. John |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 15-08-2006 10:50
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7306 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Hi John Thanks for posting the larger image - makes all the difference! As Nikita suspected, it's a Phaonia pallida female. There are other all-orange muscoids, but your photo shows enough detail of the bristles to exclude them. Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| John Webley |
Posted on 15-08-2006 12:44
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Member Location: Kent, UK Posts: 21 Joined: 14.08.06 |
Tony. Thanks a lot for your help. John |
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