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| Isidro |
Posted on 11-09-2007 14:48
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Member Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 2088 Joined: 26.04.07 |
This fly (sorry by the bad picture) was yesterday at Pe?aflor, Aragopn, Spain. Habitat: half-dried pond (cattle pond) with eutrophized (green) water, in the middle of the dry yesiferous steppe-land. Size: about 5-6 mm. What is it? Thanks  |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 11-09-2007 15:05
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Muscidae.. perhaps Coenosia sp. |
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| Isidro |
Posted on 11-09-2007 15:55
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Member Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 2088 Joined: 26.04.07 |
Thanks Jorge! more approximation welcome ;-) |
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| Isidro |
Posted on 13-09-2007 05:56
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Member Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 2088 Joined: 26.04.07 |
I know that it's a bad picture, but more opinions always are welcome |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 13-09-2007 09:56
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Yup, my opinion is that it's a bad picture too (sorry, couldn't resist that one). But seriously, I don't think you will get a more accurate identification of muscids without super-fine quality pictures of all the relevant parts  |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 13-09-2007 10:05
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
Muscidae, but not Coenosia. My guess would be Limnophora.
Kahis |
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| Isidro |
Posted on 13-09-2007 13:33
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Member Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 2088 Joined: 26.04.07 |
Thanks Kahis! Chirs, my camera... is my camera  |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 13-09-2007 20:13
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7286 Joined: 19.11.04 |
I'd agree with Kahis that this looks like a Limnophora, though some female Lispe can look similar. Even with (slightly overexposed) pictures like this, getting a number of different views helps enormously in putting a name to the flies. Sometimes it does mean getting wet feet! 
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Isidro |
Posted on 14-09-2007 00:47
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Member Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 2088 Joined: 26.04.07 |
Yes, but the fly can fly... and the water is too humid ;-) |
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