Thread subject: Diptera.info :: very strange => cf. Tarsopsylla octodecimdentata (Siphonaptera)
Posted by RamiP on 17-05-2017 18:13
#1
3 mm on the birch.
17.5.17 in Jyväskylä, Finland
Edited by RamiP on 17-05-2017 19:08
Posted by RamiP on 17-05-2017 18:15
#2
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Posted by Tony Irwin on 17-05-2017 18:39
#3
Siphonaptera. Personally I can't see enough detail to enable identification, but red squirrel flea (
Tarsopsylla octodecimdentata) might be a possibility.
Posted by RamiP on 17-05-2017 19:06
#4
Thanks Tony
I though that they are still smaller.
Never can be too old to learn something new;)
Rami
Posted by Tony Irwin on 17-05-2017 21:38
#5
Hystrichopsylla talpae (the Mole Flea) can be up to 6mm!
Posted by RamiP on 18-05-2017 07:27
#6
Thanks Tony for information. Sorry for moles.
By the way, "who" is your logo :S
Rami
Posted by Tony Irwin on 18-05-2017 10:54
#7
I believe it is a
Tipula species, but I've never been entirely sure!
Posted by RamiP on 18-05-2017 17:35
#8
It's really nice.
I though that he or she is from another planet.:D
Rami