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 unknown fly with bristly abdomen
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| Stuart Ball |
Posted on 21-10-2007 12:56
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Member Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 34 Joined: 09.07.07 |
Found this fly in August, in a wood on River Kent estuary, Arnside, Cumbria. Possible tachinid but not sure.
Stuart Ball attached the following image:  [132.2Kb] Edited by Stuart Ball on 21-10-2007 12:58 |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 21-10-2007 13:01
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Tachinidae.  |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 21-10-2007 17:53
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Looks like it might be a Dexia - did you take a specimen Stuart or do you have any more photos taken from different angles? |
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| Stuart Ball |
Posted on 22-10-2007 13:42
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Member Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 34 Joined: 09.07.07 |
Looking at it again, looks like Dexiosoma caninum, but with fainter markings on the abdomen. Chris, I did not take a specimen but I do have another image and location details I can send you privately. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 22-10-2007 20:52
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19213 Joined: 21.07.04 |
NO, not Dexiosoma, the wing venation does not match. So it really is Dexiini, and then 2 options come in mind: Dexia rustica Dinera grisescens. Any indication of its size ? Theo |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 22-10-2007 23:09
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
The excavation reaches the margin of T1+2 so that should rule out Dinera ... or it does in Belshaw's key |
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| Stuart Ball |
Posted on 23-10-2007 09:49
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Member Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 34 Joined: 09.07.07 |
Thanks for the info. As I took this picture on 4th August 2006, I do not remember the exact size, but not more than 8mm. Location was Dobshall Wood, Cumbria grid SD451780. |
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