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 Is it possible to ID to sp.? Does it belong to the family Bibionidae?
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| pipocas4u |
Posted on 26-11-2015 21:42
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Member Location: Telford, UK Posts: 7 Joined: 25.11.15 |
Hi Trying one more time to upload pics. Found specimen dead last July. It was at the base of strawberry plants growing in pots. Location: South London. It's ~7mm long I hope the quality of the pics is acceptable for identification. Many thanks. pipocas4u attached the following image:  [132.83Kb] Edited by pipocas4u on 26-11-2015 22:39 |
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| pipocas4u |
Posted on 26-11-2015 22:41
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Member Location: Telford, UK Posts: 7 Joined: 25.11.15 |
Sorry for the poor quality
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| pipocas4u |
Posted on 26-11-2015 22:43
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Member Location: Telford, UK Posts: 7 Joined: 25.11.15 |
One last one.
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| John Carr |
Posted on 27-11-2015 01:28
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 Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10682 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Bibio. The pictures are dark, and I think one of the front tibial spurs is broken. |
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| pipocas4u |
Posted on 27-11-2015 01:36
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Member Location: Telford, UK Posts: 7 Joined: 25.11.15 |
Thank you John. It has suffered a bit. The legs had to be glued back on. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 27-11-2015 08:48
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19336 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Yes, clearly the male of Bibio marci. You need to experiment with your light. Some tips * put the specimen in a whitebpaper box with white background * use a flash * overexpose (relative to the automatic configurations) in case of black objects. Theo |
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| pipocas4u |
Posted on 27-11-2015 11:19
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Member Location: Telford, UK Posts: 7 Joined: 25.11.15 |
I'm glad it has been confirmed as Bibio spp. A colleague had said it was from the Asilidae family. Although, I was doubtful even though I'm terrible at ID. Thank you Theo for sp. name and tips. I did use a purposely self-build white box and flashes. I'm just not very good (for now). Ana |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 28-11-2015 09:35
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19336 Joined: 21.07.04 |
keep practising ! nOwadays you have instant feedback from your camera, and to quote Churchill  Ubung macht der Meister ! Theo |
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