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Post by davebutterflyman on May 25, 2018 19:34:23 GMT
Place all your insect id's here.
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Post by Tappersnapper on May 27, 2018 17:12:59 GMT
Any help with this fly Id much appreciated. Looks like a type of house fly? Perhaps Helina sp. or Phaeonia sp.?
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Post by Tappersnapper on May 27, 2018 17:13:33 GMT
Can this Blowfly be narrowed down to species?
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Post by Tappersnapper on May 27, 2018 17:13:53 GMT
Not sure if this is a type of midge or mosquito?
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Post by Feedyourhedgehog on May 27, 2018 17:56:11 GMT
That last one is very interesting Tim......looking at the antennae and body shape Chironomus sp came to mind but to be honest I really don't know... The first one possibly a Helina sp and the second one is hard to say from this angle Maybe Dave or Geoff can help
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Post by Tappersnapper on May 27, 2018 21:10:21 GMT
Thanks Paula.That gives me something to work on.
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Post by Tappersnapper on May 27, 2018 21:38:57 GMT
I came across this weird insect anomaly today. It was dead and seemed to be wedged into the grass seems in this strange pose. It looks like a dung fly but it has had areas of hairs very precisely removed. Any ideas what may have caused this? Presumably some parasite. Mystery by
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Post by salticus on May 28, 2018 10:18:23 GMT
I came across this weird insect anomaly today. It was dead and seemed to be wedged into the grass seems in this strange pose. It looks like a dung fly but it has had areas of hairs very precisely removed. Any ideas what may have caused this? Presumably some parasite. Mystery by It's been attached by a pathogenic fungus such as Entomopthora. It makes its victims die in an exposed position as that helps the spores spread.
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Post by alan on May 28, 2018 14:50:57 GMT
Can someone help me with this fly please? It was flying around my pond today with a few others I have never seen it before
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Post by alan on May 28, 2018 14:52:36 GMT
Here is another angle of it
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Post by Feedyourhedgehog on May 28, 2018 15:27:00 GMT
Looks like a Dolichopus popularis Alan
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Post by Feedyourhedgehog on May 28, 2018 15:29:57 GMT
I came across this weird insect anomaly today. It was dead and seemed to be wedged into the grass seems in this strange pose. It looks like a dung fly but it has had areas of hairs very precisely removed. Any ideas what may have caused this? Presumably some parasite. Mystery by It's been attached by a pathogenic fungus such as Entomopthora. It makes its victims die in an exposed position as that helps the spores spread. This is one I found a few years ago...looks like the remains of a grasshopper
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Post by geoff on May 28, 2018 17:45:50 GMT
That is a Dolichopus of some form, Alan, but a tricky family which requires specialist identification skills.
The previous flies were all from that difficult group which I leave alone. With the required angles it is just about possible to reach family level using some rather tricky keys; but they assume you have an actual specimen plus some magnification. It needs close views of the wing veins and face bristles to get anywhere.
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Post by Tappersnapper on May 28, 2018 19:47:20 GMT
I came across this weird insect anomaly today. It was dead and seemed to be wedged into the grass seems in this strange pose. It looks like a dung fly but it has had areas of hairs very precisely removed. Any ideas what may have caused this? Presumably some parasite. Mystery by It's been attached by a pathogenic fungus such as Entomopthora. It makes its victims die in an exposed position as that helps the spores spread. Thanks Alan. The removal of hairs seems almost surgical in precision.
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Post by davebutterflyman on May 29, 2018 8:07:58 GMT
An amazing image of the caterpillar as well.
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Post by salticus on May 29, 2018 15:20:21 GMT
It's been attached by a pathogenic fungus such as Entomopthora. It makes its victims die in an exposed position as that helps the spores spread. Thanks Alan. The removal of hairs seems almost surgical in precision. Do you mean the bare bands across the abdomen? They're caused by the abdomen swelling with spores to such an extent that the tergites (dorsal plates) have been pushed apart.
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Post by Grayling on May 30, 2018 9:15:06 GMT
Are these Emerald Damselflies? Sorry, I couldn't get close enough for anything better.
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Post by Feedyourhedgehog on May 30, 2018 10:24:32 GMT
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Post by davebutterflyman on May 30, 2018 15:23:06 GMT
Certainly one of the 'Blue' damsels and it could be one of those Paula. I'll have a look.
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Post by geoff on May 30, 2018 18:29:20 GMT
I would go for Blue-tailed.
The abdomen is noticeably narrowed in the middle and a two tone wing spot. That spot is fairly long; the Scarce Blue-tailed spot is shorter.
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