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10-08-2006, 02:54 PM
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| | | Wazzit ????
Any ideas anyone ???? 
Olly |
10-08-2006, 03:05 PM
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| | | Re: Wazzit ????
fannia canicularis? |
10-08-2006, 03:29 PM
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| | | Re: Wazzit ????
Hi
Don’t know what it is but looks like a gymnast holding on with one leg
Mick
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11-08-2006, 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Alan fannia canicularis? | You know that I dreaded doing a google search on this just in case 
Does look similar but on all the pictures I've found so far the legs look much shorter. I could of course have found a mutant !
Olly |
11-08-2006, 08:04 AM
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| | | Re: Wazzit ????
A male fly showing off for a female?
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11-08-2006, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Alan fannia canicularis? | Come on Alan! I'm afraid you're not even close  And I had such high hopes for you!
It is a dance fly (Empidae) of some description, which is in the sub-order Brachycera ( Fannia is in the sub-order Cyclorrapha). |
13-08-2006, 10:56 AM
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| | | Re: Wazzit ????
Try the Empis Fly - Empis tesselata that's my guess Hawkeye |
13-08-2006, 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Imaginos Come on Alan! I'm afraid you're not even close And I had such high hopes for you!
It is a dance fly (Empidae) of some description, which is in the sub-order Brachycera ( Fannia is in the sub-order Cyclorrapha). | To be honest, I'd agree with you on the orders etc, if I knew with certainty what it all meant!  I promise to try harder and do more homework teacher!
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