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| LordV |
Posted on 06-09-2005 21:49
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Anyone help identify this little beasty sitting on a potentilla flower- about 8mm long and was sipping nectar before I took the pic- quite a proboscis it's got. |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 06-09-2005 21:54
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It is a dance fly, family Empididae. I have got an idea but would like to have a date with it to confirm it before I make a total fool of myself. 
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| LordV |
Posted on 06-09-2005 22:03
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Thanks Paul .... whatever turns you on  Brian V. |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 07-09-2005 06:19
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Yes, indeed. But do you have the date the picture was taken?
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| LordV |
Posted on 07-09-2005 06:48
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Sorry, thought you were joking about going on a date with the dance fly in order to ID it. It was taken Yesterday 6th Sept. I live in Worthing UK on the South coast about 600 yds from the sea. Brian V. Edited by LordV on 07-09-2005 07:00 |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 07-09-2005 12:42
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
I thought it had to be a recent picture. It is Rhamphomyia variabilis, a species mostly occurring at this time of year. But the character to separate Rhamphomyia from Empis is the absence of the fork in vein R4+5, which is not visible in this picture. Over all you can say that the proboscis in Rhamphomyia is shorter than in Empis, so one could easily have believed this was a species of Empis. Luckily, there are only few Empis species around now.
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| LordV |
Posted on 07-09-2005 14:32
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Thanks a lot Paul Brian V. |
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