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#1 2008-08-16 10:54:53
- Judy Webb
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- Name: Judith Webb
- Registered: 2008-02-21
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Small patterned wing fly
Apologies for this poor photograph, but wonder if anybody has any idea of the identify of this small fly with a quite distinctive wing pattern. Size only about 3mm, swept from ragwort flowers in early August in Oxford
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#2 2008-08-16 14:47:55
- Stephane Lebrun
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- Name: Stephane Lebrun
- From: Le Havre, FRANCE
- Registered: 2008-04-05
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Re: Small patterned wing fly
Please, check for Pherbellia nana (Sciomyzidae).
Greetings,
Stephane.
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#3 2008-08-17 19:38:06
- Judy Webb
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- Name: Judith Webb
- Registered: 2008-02-21
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Re: Small patterned wing fly
Thank-you, Stephane. When I check again, it is indeed Pherbellia nana! So much smaller than all the other Sciomyzids I have seen.
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#4 2008-08-17 20:04:08
- jaapiella
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- Name: Scotty Dodd
- From: Surrey/Hants border
- Registered: 2008-06-26
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Re: Small patterned wing fly
Of etymological interest 'nana' implies dwarfed.
DISCLAIMER: This statement is not intended to cause offence to little old ladies...
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