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 colorful from Sciomyzidae
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| mwkozlowski |
Posted on 22-10-2007 18:27
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 Member Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 791 Joined: 17.10.06 |
for my it is Sciomyzidae. Bad picture but the fly very characteristic, never seen before. On water lilly leaf, June 2006, ner Warsaw, Poland. Possible ID? Thanks!
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| Kahis |
Posted on 22-10-2007 19:19
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
 You have not hand-painted this fly, have you? 
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 22-10-2007 19:21
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9475 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Can't understand who is it. At least, not Sciomyzidae...
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 22-10-2007 19:38
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
this was photoshoped.  I'm very curious about this one. Mystery... |
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| mwkozlowski |
Posted on 22-10-2007 20:44
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Member Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 791 Joined: 17.10.06 |
this picture was NOT photoshoped at all, and took it not at Loch Ness but in Poland, Central Europe, little lake near Warsaw. This was so called "security shot" from a distance before I started to aaproach the fly closer, but, as it happens, it escaped imediately, and I never saw it again.....
Edited by mwkozlowski on 22-10-2007 20:45 |
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| conopid |
Posted on 22-10-2007 23:25
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 Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
You should always catch the first specimen you see and only then should you photograph any others you see. 
Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 23-10-2007 08:27
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
last year I found a very crazy fly on window. I hadn't the camera when I saw that fly, and I never found it again. it was an awesome fly I never saw anymore an habitus like it! |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 23-10-2007 09:14
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Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
The head is very ephydrid-like.
Kahis |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 23-10-2007 14:24
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7306 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Not one that I recognise!
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| David Gibbs |
Posted on 23-10-2007 14:56
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 Member Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 833 Joined: 17.06.06 |
What about Hydromyza livens (Fabricius, 1794) - Scathophagidae |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 23-10-2007 17:14
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7306 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Agreed - I kept thinking Scathophagidae, but couldn't remember which one would fit! 
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 23-10-2007 17:15
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Tony Irwin wrote: Agreed - I kept thinking Scathophagidae, but couldn't remember which one would fit! like me, Tony!!! It was on my tongue the name! The colour is really unusual for a scathophagid fly... Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 23-10-2007 17:17 |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 23-10-2007 19:03
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Agrees reasonably with the picture here: http://www.dipter...image?id=8.
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| mwkozlowski |
Posted on 24-10-2007 08:00
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Member Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 791 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Could be that males of this specias are more painted than females. There is a recent article about odd behaviors of Hydromyza livens males on waterlilly leaves by Ken Preston-Mafham but full version of this articles cots 50 EURO (rubbery!) |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 24-10-2007 12:39
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 Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
I think you might mean 'robbery' or were you planning to buy it with a bouncing cheque? (Just teasing you )
Susan |
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