jorgemotalmeida 15 November 2007 17:05:54

"In fact, Autrum's (1955) spectral sensitivity curves of the white-apricot mutant of Calliphora have a suggestive shoulder at 630 m/u." confirmed: the fly is a mutant Calliphora sp. w

jorgemotalmeida 15 November 2007 16:09:45

correction: not big... but quick. (cont.) It will be very interesting to take a look for the new "whiteye" calliphorid.

jorgemotalmeida 15 November 2007 16:08:09

(cont.) evolution as we know can have big jumps as it happened with salmons. Why not for flies and others? Of course, it is not enough one individual! It will be very interesting to take a look for th

jorgemotalmeida 15 November 2007 16:05:57

yep. i'm pretty sure that mutations happens in all families (in all orders)! but it is not easy or to see it so clear as this white-eyes calliphorids, considering the time. But evolution as we kno

Paul Beuk 15 November 2007 15:58:41

valter: plz repost your 'xta small Syrphidae' in Other insects as it is a bee.

Paul Beuk 15 November 2007 15:55:11

Well, the mutation is well-known for Drosophila, so why not in other families...?

jorgemotalmeida 15 November 2007 15:48:28

Paul, it seems that the fly doesn't change the colour. All the fly has a normal shape. If really the colour doesn't change, it could be a mutation..

jorgemotalmeida 15 November 2007 15:30:08

(cont.) that's why I put many smileys. Warm weather, more warm people and with lots of smileys.

jorgemotalmeida 15 November 2007 15:29:18

I told him that maybe it was freshly emerged, but it seems improbable. The fly doesn't change the colour of the eyes yet. crex, do you know the mediterranean mood? that's why I put many smil

crex 15 November 2007 15:13:00

Jorge: If we could count smileys per posts - you would win easily!

Paul Beuk 15 November 2007 14:48:25

Freshly emerged?

jorgemotalmeida 15 November 2007 14:41:32

a friend of mine caught a few minutes ago.. a Calliphoridae fly with white eyes??? mutation? He didn't take photos. he wasn't kidding. I will have the specimen soon. Any ideas?

Paul Beuk 15 November 2007 14:40:13

@conopid: Please report Diptera Gallery errors in the appropriate forum.

Paul Beuk 15 November 2007 14:39:10

The Quick News is some beta code I am testing for someone else. Both reported issues have been corrected.

jorgemotalmeida 15 November 2007 14:21:00

almost 4000 messages for Nikita! crazy.

jorgemotalmeida 15 November 2007 14:04:40

because it has too many http: even if you erase the first http it leaves to... wikipedia!?! great idea. But where is the sell box?

Susan R Walter 15 November 2007 13:26:30

...and when you fix the link (too many http's), it doesn't open in a new page, but takes you away from diptera.info, which I don't like.

Susan R Walter 15 November 2007 13:23:28

Erm...except the link doesn't work for the Chironomid newsletter.

Susan R Walter 15 November 2007 13:21:51

I like the new Quick News panel Paul - good idea.

Kahis 14 November 2007 14:36:59

-1C and a thin dusting of snow on the ground