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 Beautiful shiny black fly
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| pierred |
Posted on 27-09-2007 06:15
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 Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1437 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Hello, Seen yesterday in Montmartre cemetery, as always, a beautiful shiny black fly. Which leaves me rather clueless... Any pointer welcome. pierred attached the following image:  [110.91Kb] Edited by pierred on 27-09-2007 06:16 Pierre Duhem |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 27-09-2007 13:37
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9350 Joined: 24.05.05 |
I,d say Hydrotaea Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| pierred |
Posted on 28-09-2007 05:55
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Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1437 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Nikita, Thanks a lot. On another forum, someone suggested H. ignava. What do you think of this tentative identification? Edited by pierred on 28-09-2007 06:12 Pierre Duhem |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 29-09-2007 20:20
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9350 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Hi Pierre. It sems that your fly has white calypteres. H. ignava has dark calypters. Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| pierred |
Posted on 29-09-2007 21:13
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Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1437 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Nikita, Well, thank you. I'm not convinced that the halters are whitish on thid picture. I' would qualifiy them as rather little and dark. I'll report this matter of colour to the original poster. Thanks anyway. Edited by pierred on 29-09-2007 21:17 Pierre Duhem |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 30-09-2007 11:12
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9350 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Halters are dark. But calypters are whitish! Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| pierred |
Posted on 30-09-2007 22:09
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Nikita, Sorry for the misunderstanding. You know how it is. You only understand what you are ready to understand. And I was clearly at the lowest level of understanding capability... Now, it is clear. Pierre Duhem |
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