Fly
by coker
On the Churchyard wall, this afternoon.
(Identification to follow....)
(Identification to follow....)
Uploaded05/06/2013 - 17:53
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Posted 05/06/2013 - 21:05
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Brilliant shot!
Posted 05/06/2013 - 23:23
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That'll do for me! Great shot of what looks like a very small fly indeed!
Regards
David
Regards
David
Posted 05/06/2013 - 23:29
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Many thanks, Giulio, Maria & David.
Yes, it was a little on the small side.
About 8mm as seen in the image posted.
(I'm awaiting identification of the beast from a knowledgeable friend.......)
Roger.
Yes, it was a little on the small side.
About 8mm as seen in the image posted.
(I'm awaiting identification of the beast from a knowledgeable friend.......)
Roger.
The more I look, the more there is to see!
Posted 06/06/2013 - 08:47
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Thanks, Nezih & Eddie.
Roger.
Roger.
The more I look, the more there is to see!
Posted 06/06/2013 - 17:14
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My friend's e-mail pronouncement on the fly identification:
"It's hard to be sure because your photo, for all its undoubted merits as art, doesn't catch some of the key identification features, such a wing venation, needed for certain i/d. It is certainly in the family Dolichopodidae, and, as I'm sure you spotted, is a female. I think it is called Sciapus longulus, a not uncommon species which I've seen hereabouts more than once. All dolichopodids (Dollies, as we dipterists call them) are predaceous, adept at catching small prey in flight."
So now we all know.......!
Roger.
"It's hard to be sure because your photo, for all its undoubted merits as art, doesn't catch some of the key identification features, such a wing venation, needed for certain i/d. It is certainly in the family Dolichopodidae, and, as I'm sure you spotted, is a female. I think it is called Sciapus longulus, a not uncommon species which I've seen hereabouts more than once. All dolichopodids (Dollies, as we dipterists call them) are predaceous, adept at catching small prey in flight."
So now we all know.......!
Roger.
The more I look, the more there is to see!
Posted 07/06/2013 - 12:15
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Great shot
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