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 Identification request
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| John Hudson |
Posted on 19-09-2010 19:40
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A family level ID of this specimen would be much appreciated. Taken in Junea, Alaska during the week of 12 Sept 2010.
John Hudson attached the following image:  [149.73Kb] Edited by John Hudson on 19-09-2010 20:07 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 19-09-2010 19:44
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Welcome to the forum John - no photo showing - just remember the photo posting guidelines - no spaces in the file name or unnecessary punctuation; <190KB file size and try to stay <=640 pixels in either dimension  EDIT: got it now - nice
Edited by ChrisR on 20-09-2010 09:58 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 20-09-2010 09:46
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7315 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Syrphidae. Eristalinae. Probably Eristalis. Have a look at http://www.canaco...stalis.htm You may find a match among these. Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Gerard Pennards |
Posted on 20-09-2010 11:53
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 Member Location: Amersfoort Posts: 1914 Joined: 07.06.04 |
Indeed Eristalis, one of the northern species which can be found in the Palearctic as well as in the Nearctic. This looks like a female Eristalis fratercula, but from a picture it is not a 100% ID. Greetings Greetings, Gerard Pennards |
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| John Hudson |
Posted on 26-09-2010 01:03
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Member Location: Posts: 5 Joined: 14.09.10 |
Thanks for the reply on my ID request. Any idea if the larva might be aquatic/semiaquatic? John |
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| PIERRE MILLE |
Posted on 27-09-2010 12:20
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 Member Location: FRANCE (Conflans Ste Honorine -Yvelines) Posts: 72 Joined: 12.12.09 |
Hello John, It seems to me that the larva of Eristalis hoverflies of the genus are aquatic, feeding on decaying matter. The specialist opinion is preferable  Best wishes Pierre PIERRE http://cyrille.du...orange.fr/ http://www.hoverf...portal.php |
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| PIERRE MILLE |
Posted on 27-09-2010 12:24
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Member Location: FRANCE (Conflans Ste Honorine -Yvelines) Posts: 72 Joined: 12.12.09 |
Can you recommend this book which is fantastic ? http://www.dipteristsforum.org.uk/sgb_dipterists_digest.php?id=9 A bientôt Pierre PIERRE http://cyrille.du...orange.fr/ http://www.hoverf...portal.php |
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| PIERRE MILLE |
Posted on 27-09-2010 12:29
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Member Location: FRANCE (Conflans Ste Honorine -Yvelines) Posts: 72 Joined: 12.12.09 |
I'm sorry for the link is not working  Dipterists Digest vol 9, 1993, edited by Derek Whiteley Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe Best wishes of Graham E. Rotheray PIERRE http://cyrille.du...orange.fr/ http://www.hoverf...portal.php |
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