Thread subject: Diptera.info :: A conopid - but which one?
Posted by SteveC on 10-03-2010 01:44
#1
A fogotten image was rediscovered while 'spring cleaning' my folders. Taken in Red Lodge Wood, nr. Swindon, Wiltshire last July. Looks similar to Conops quardrifasciatus - but has black legs!
Any ideas anyone, please.
Sorry - I can't seem to upload the image even though it's only 70kbs in size and 600pxls wide!
I've uploaded it to Flickr so you can see it here:
http://www.flickr...421294812/
TIA
Steve.
Edited by ChrisR on 10-03-2010 02:06
Posted by ChrisR on 10-03-2010 02:05
#2
The head looks totally wrong for a conopid - have you considered that it might be an asilid?
Posted by rvanderweele on 10-03-2010 07:24
#3
A beautiful Choerades! Species? gilva or marginata
Posted by SteveC on 11-03-2010 00:55
#4
Thanks to Chris and Ruud both.
Oops! [red faced with embarressment] that's my sloppy deductions - I just looked at the distinctive antennae and jumped to the wrong conclusions.
Given that Choerades gilva is presumed extinct in the UK I assume it must be C. marginata. I have another [poor] shot which is head-on showing the white band of hairs below the antennae. Red Lodge Wood, or at least that part of it, is Oak woodland with the rest being 30-40 year old conifer plantation.
And thanks Chris for getting my pic visable - not sure what I wasn't doing right? If this one doesn't work perhaps you can fix it too...
Edited by SteveC on 11-03-2010 01:00
Posted by ChrisR on 11-03-2010 01:18
#5
Looks like you got it spot-on this time :D Last time you just pasted the URL without making it clickable with the URL tag ... but to make it visible I just went to your Flickr and then copied the actual image URL and used the IMG tag to display it here :)