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 Sawfly help
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| Tony Towner |
Posted on 20-03-2007 22:03
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Member Location: Berkshire, UK Posts: 49 Joined: 07.11.06 |
Can anyone help me with the identification of this insect please? It appears to have a saw-like ovipositor, but I cannot find it in any of my identification books. The photo was taken on the 14th April last year and shows the insect basking in the sun on my 'Paddy's Pride' Ivy. Tilehurst, Berkshire, UK. Tony Towner attached the following image:  [146.53Kb] |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 21-03-2007 02:49
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14253 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Tony! Tony Towner wrote: It appears to have a saw-like ovipositor I don't think that it has an ovipositor, but the third leg pair stretched out backward. Possibly one of the metallic Muscids? But I leave that to the experts... Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 21-03-2007 21:15
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 Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
I agree with Jurgen - it is cleaning its hind legs by brushing them out across one another behind. I also agree it's a metallic muscid - I would guess male Dasyphora sp (not that I am one of the experts  )
Edited by Susan R Walter on 21-03-2007 21:16 Susan |
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| Tony Towner |
Posted on 21-03-2007 22:36
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Member Location: Berkshire, UK Posts: 49 Joined: 07.11.06 |
Many thanks Jurgen and Susan for the info. My Chinery books show 4 flies in the Muscidae family, but unfortunately not Dasyphora sp. Regards Tony. |
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