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 Tabanus lunatus
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| valter |
Posted on 06-06-2016 10:56
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 Member Location: Faro, Portugal Posts: 1998 Joined: 09.07.07 |
Location: Portugal Date: June 2016 This one is very similar to the other - is the same species?  
Edited by valter on 07-06-2016 12:22 |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 06-06-2016 17:14
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18965 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Frons is way too broad. Eyes, again, look hairy ?? Theo |
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| valter |
Posted on 06-06-2016 19:50
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Member Location: Faro, Portugal Posts: 1998 Joined: 09.07.07 |
Zeegers wrote: Frons is way too broad. Eyes, again, look hairy ?? Theo Eyes don't look hairy. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 07-06-2016 11:32
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18965 Joined: 21.07.04 |
I disagree. It is the female of T.l unatus and (hence) the eyes are hairy. Theo |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 07-06-2016 12:17
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 Super Administrator Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10393 Joined: 22.10.10 |
The small, white spots under the lowest red band on the right in the first picture are hairs. |
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| valter |
Posted on 07-06-2016 13:34
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Member Location: Faro, Portugal Posts: 1998 Joined: 09.07.07 |
John Carr wrote: The small, white spots under the lowest red band on the right in the first picture are hairs. Yes, they are! But I thought the full eyes are not hairy! |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 07-06-2016 13:55
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Super Administrator Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10393 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Unless a key asks about patterns of hairs or hairs in specific locations, you should consider the eye haired if it has any conspicuous hairs. The hairs are only clearly visible in the right light (top photo) or as a haze around the eye (bottom photo). |
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