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 Another nightly Tachinid (?) --> Estheria sp.
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 07-07-2008 22:32
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14143 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello! This one was about 10 mm long. July-03, at light in garden, northwest Germany. Larger picture (1280x960, 117 KB): http://www.foto-u...mm_big.jpg Juergen Peters attached the following image:  [46.96Kb] Edited by Juergen Peters on 08-07-2008 01:16 Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 07-07-2008 23:09
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Looks like an Estheria spp. but do you have any more angles?  |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 07-07-2008 23:13
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14143 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Chris! Chris Raper wrote: Looks like an Estheria spp. but do you have any more angles? Thanks - and no  , this is the only photo I have. Then the fly was gone...
Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 08-07-2008 00:09
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
OK, I am fairly sure it is an Estheria - I just wouldn't put my money on it  The key features as I see them are: petiole on vein-m, the deep gena, antenna shape (possible hairy arista), dexiine body shape etc etc |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 08-07-2008 01:16
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14143 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Chris Raper wrote: OK, I am fairly sure it is an Estheria - I just wouldn't put my money on it The key features as I see them are: petiole on vein-m, the deep gena, antenna shape (possible hairy arista), dexiine body shape etc etc Many thanks, Chris! I will save it as Estheria sp.. Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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