Posted by Tony T on 25-04-2008 17:24
#1
23 April 2008, NB, Canada. Length 7mm.
I posted an image of what appears to be this same species on 25 April 2007.
Both Andrzej and Kahis ID'd it as a Scathophagidae. It was a poor image, so I deleted it am replacing it with this one (not a policy I would recommend:p)
Is this the same species as
SEE HERE but just sexual dimorphism?
Posted by Tony Irwin on 25-04-2008 21:18
#2
Tony T wrote:
Is this the same species as
SEE HERE but just sexual dimorphism?
Both males, so not sexual dimorphism (but watch out for intersexes in
Scathophaga - where castrated males take on the secondary sexual characters of the females!)
Posted by Tony T on 26-04-2008 04:10
#3
Thanks. Glad to have a 2nd species. This one is far less common than the larger yellow one.
Castrated males; yikes, bad enough separating males from females let alone intersexes:o
Did you decide not to send any mounted
Ephydra?