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#1 2011-05-19 00:10:28
- Alan Outen
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- Name: Alan Outen
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Tiny shocking pink-eyed fly!
A first venture outside my own County looking at insects! This tiny fly, at most 3mm, was caught when sweeping low mixed vegetation in a meadow at Little Paxton Pits Nature Reserve, Cambs. Despite its small size I wonder whether the rather spectacularly contrasting colours of the thorax, abdomen and eyes, together with the dark wing apices might make it identifiable from the images. I have retained the specimen, not that I will be able to do much more with it though!
Many thanks
Alan
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#2 2011-05-19 01:31:44
- falky
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- Name: Steven Falk
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Re: Tiny shocking pink-eyed fly!
A Geomyza, possibly balachowskyi/combinata - but you'd need a pinned male specimen to be certain,
Falky
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#3 2011-05-19 23:18:29
- Alan Outen
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Re: Tiny shocking pink-eyed fly!
Many thanks Falky. This female was the only specimen caught so id will have to remain as cf.
Alan
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#4 2012-01-25 18:51:08
- JeeWeevZ
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- Name: Jan Willem van Zuijlen
- From: Waalwijk, The Netherlands
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Re: Tiny shocking pink-eyed fly!
My response is a bit late, but this looks like either Geomyza balachoswkyi or G. hackmani. If you still have the specimen it can be identified to species level.
Jan Willem
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#5 2012-01-26 00:18:50
- Alan Outen
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Re: Tiny shocking pink-eyed fly!
Many thanks Jan. I will e-mail you off-group.
Alan
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