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Clusiodes?
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Posted on 01-08-2010 18:46
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Hi,
Recently I saw this small fly on a fallen split tree and had no idea what it was. As I opened the forum site, the changing pic of the home page just showed a very similar fly photographed by Jorge. So I suppose I got a Clusiodes of a family new to me. Can this be confirmed, and can be said more?
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Some more pics, the last one without evening sun.
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No-one a bit familiar with Clusiodes?
 
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Clusiodes is right.
 
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Thank you, Jorge! So your fly photo led me the right way.
 
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Provided that there really are only two fronto-orbitals bristles as it appears, this is either Clusiodes caledonicus or gentilis - and based on the generally light coloration I'm leaning towards gentilis. Not 100% sure though, tricky to tell from photographs, and especially so a female.
 
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