Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Which one?
Posted by Roger Thomason on 18-05-2009 15:57
#1
Only got this shot, half hidden by flower head of Ribes Shrub...possible to ID from this?
Posted by caliprobola on 22-05-2009 06:19
#2
probably Melanostoma scalare?
Posted by Roger Thomason on 22-05-2009 09:54
#3
Thanks caliprobola,
Haven't had one of those before :). Any advance on probably anybody?
Regards Roger
Posted by Andre on 22-05-2009 12:05
#4
It is not
Melanostoma. Look at the front tarsae and you will see that the segments are flattened and broadened. so this one belongs to the genus
Platycheirus. My first immediate hunch was
peltatus-group. But to be certain, I would need the collected specimen.
Posted by Roger Thomason on 24-05-2009 00:15
#5
Sorry...not collected, only seen it for a second. I don't collect anyway. If the locals saw me running round the garden with a net, men in white coats would be hammering on the door within the hour :|. Not the done thing in Shetland for some reason.
Posted by Andre on 24-05-2009 22:31
#6
There is only one solution: get officially mad! :D
Posted by Andre on 24-05-2009 22:43
#7
Look! That's our Roger, the bugcollector... look, how he's catching musquitos with his pants down his knees....
Posted by Roger Thomason on 24-05-2009 22:46
#8
All I need is the paperwork...:P What is sane anyhow.......Pass.
Regards..... Roger...(or is it)?