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18-02-2006, 06:03 PM
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| | | Unidentified Insect
Originally posted by StuartDH. Can anybody give it a name please. 
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18-02-2006, 06:38 PM
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| | | Re: Unidentified Insect
I thought this could be a Robber Fly (usually found in the SE), but it looks too black and the photo was taken in NE Cheshire? |
18-02-2006, 07:00 PM
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| | | Re: Unidentified Insect
It may be a Snipe Fly Rhagio scolopacea but without seeing the abdomen from above I can't be sure!
It doesn't look at all right for a Robber Fly the legs are too light in colour and not heavy enough in build, Robber Flies are quite robust insects. |
20-02-2006, 10:59 AM
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I don't think it's either of the above. The length of the antennae point towards the Nematocera, I'd hazard a guess at one of the Sciaridae, possibly Sciara. The way it's standing, with head up, would suggest this but I wouldn't bet my house on it. |
24-02-2006, 12:19 PM
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Another one wanting an ID. This time a Beetle. Originally posted by StuartDH. Can be seen in Wildlife Unidentified. 
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24-02-2006, 01:45 PM
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It looks like harpalas affinis
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24-02-2006, 02:03 PM
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the fly looks like sciara analis
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24-02-2006, 03:07 PM
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Yes, could be the ground beetle Harpalus affinis but there are several similar Harpalus spp. Is there a better close up? |
27-02-2006, 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by nightshade the fly looks like sciara analis | Yes it does, it also looks like Sciara thomae, and three or four other species, my recommendation would be to call it Sciara sp.. As for the beetle, its almost certainly a Harpalus but again, without photos showing the exact diagnostic features I think sp would be the way to go. |
27-02-2006, 08:37 AM
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| | | Re: Unidentified Insect
Thank you Nightshade, Paul and Imaginos.
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