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 Anthomyiid dining on bird droppings
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 08-08-2008 10:59
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
fly about 4mm, in my garden yesterday 7th Aug.08
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 08-08-2008 11:01
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
photo 2
Roger Thomason attached the following image:  [181.91Kb] Edited by Roger Thomason on 08-08-2008 20:31 |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 08-08-2008 17:41
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7293 Joined: 19.11.04 |
It's an anthomyiid female. I'm not sure whether you'll get more than that. Rename the thread to include "anthomyiid" and you might get Mike Ackland's attention, but you may have to settle for family only.
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Michael Ackland |
Posted on 10-08-2008 09:13
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Member Location: Dorset UK Posts: 680 Joined: 23.02.08 |
Very difficult to put a name to these anthomyiid females without seeing the bristles clearly. If the arista is plumose it could be a Hylemya, which is a likely genus to be attracted to excreta, but the arista are not in focus |
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