Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Black Syrphid..<Melanogaster hirtella (M) ID'd by Caliprobola
Posted by Roger Thomason on 31-05-2009 15:45
#1
Spotted this little black guy in the garden today.
Could it be a Cheilosia?
There is one record of a Cheilosia albitarsis being collected in Shetland in June 1890...
Could this be the first recorded in 119 years?
EDIT; Changed title from Cheilosia to Melanogaster
Edited by Roger Thomason on 13-06-2009 00:18
Posted by Roger Thomason on 31-05-2009 15:46
#2
Pic.2
Posted by Roger Thomason on 31-05-2009 15:47
#3
Pic.3
Posted by Paul Beuk on 31-05-2009 20:29
#4
Looks like
Cheilosia, 'but it ain't
albitarsis'. :D
Posted by Roger Thomason on 31-05-2009 20:33
#5
Paul Beuk wrote:
Looks like Cheilosia, 'but it ain't albitarsis'. :D
Well if it ain't
albitarsis then it is a new species for Shetland. :). Even better.
Posted by Lukasz Mielczarek on 31-05-2009 22:12
#6
Not Cheilosia. I think more like Melanogaster...
Posted by Roger Thomason on 01-06-2009 01:20
#7
:|..Thanks Lukasz,
I have one species :
Melanogaster hirtella on my Checklist..which is a common resident according to my list.
I haven't seen it before...oh well.
Regards Roger
Anyone confirm this as
Melanogaster hirtella?
Posted by caliprobola on 01-06-2009 10:34
#8
definetely Melanogaster and most probably hirtella
Edited by caliprobola on 01-06-2009 10:34
Posted by Andre on 01-06-2009 10:49
#9
but also possible:
Melanogaster aerosa. But for a waterproof ID, we'd need the specimen.
Posted by Roger Thomason on 01-06-2009 21:55
#10
Moral dilemma here guys...odd if someone gets on the wrong side of me I have absolutely no qualms in battering the s**t out of them, and have done so on many occasions, but I can't kill a fly....how can that be? If I was to turn into a murderer of flies (sorry..dipterist), what is the quickest way? Without all the gubbins of you REAL dipterists, IE chemicals and so on? Freezer? God, how to catch them without a net...or do I go for
M hirtella ARGH.........:o. Anyway..I'm busy re-slating my roof at present, so will think about it...Regards Roger
Edited by Roger Thomason on 01-06-2009 21:56