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 Dolichopodidae for ID.
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 17-07-2012 09:53
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5248 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Found at Little Ayre in marshy field..looked very blue to the naked eye,which was partly lost with camera flash.
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 17-07-2012 09:54
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5248 Joined: 17.07.08 |
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| Igor Grichanov |
Posted on 18-07-2012 07:20
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 Member Location: St.Petersburg, Russia Posts: 1688 Joined: 17.08.06 |
No clear characters. Maybe Dolichopus caligatus.
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 18-07-2012 10:41
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5248 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Thanks Igor, that would be a new species for here, but not collected so will go down as a Dolichopus sp. for now. Regards Roger |
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| Iain MacGowan |
Posted on 18-07-2012 10:56
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 Member Location: Perth, Scotland Posts: 441 Joined: 25.11.04 |
In the review of Scottish Dollies I did a long time ago D. caligatus is noted as "Usually found in moorland habitats, often at the edge of peaty lochans". which I guess would make it quite at home on Shetland Iain Iain MacGowan |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 22-07-2012 01:06
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5248 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Plenty of moorland nearby and lochans, so yes Iain it should feel at home here, more so than humans of late with the weather we have had here (anybody from a warm country want to adopt me? (Almost house trained)  Another couple of pics of what I think is the same kind of fly...if not...OOOPS Don't know if they help any? Roger Thomason attached the following image:  [185.27Kb] |
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but don't see the image in the post.
