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Beautiful Chloropidae
Isidro
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Posted on 06-08-2007 16:46
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Yesterday, Villanua, Huesca, Aragon, Spain. Pyrenees. Medium-mountain: about 900 meters or little more. Habitat: fir forest. Size: about 4-5 mm.

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Tony Irwin
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Chloropidae.
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Isidro
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Thanks Tony.

Somebody can approach more? I know, the picture is very bad...
 
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Is pretty, and big for a Chloropid. Nobody knows it?
 
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At least the genus? Sad
 
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A friend suggest me genus Chlorops and Epichlorops... I foun dome Epichlorops little similar... can be possible?
 
Isidro
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Refloating this very old thread, with reposting of the disappeared photo, as I've found a candidate that fits quite well with the coloration: Capnoptera pilosa. Could somebody confirm or reject??

inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/430698964/large.jpg


A photo of C. pilosa by Rui Andrade for comparison:
https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/12719067/original.jpg
 
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