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26-05-2009, 05:59 AM
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| | | Fly & Sawfly ID please
All seen in a Somerset garden
1. Sawfly in a buttercup flower 
2. Fly 
3. Fly (maybe the same as last one?) 
Any help with ID's appreciated
Thanks
Aaron |
26-05-2009, 07:10 AM
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| | | Re: Fly & Sawfly ID please
1 is a Tenthredo sawfly, one of the arcuata agg. |
26-05-2009, 07:47 AM
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| | | Re: Fly & Sawfly ID please
Morning Aaron!
#2: Possibly as #3
#3: Likely the Dung Fly S. furcata due to dark wing vein |
26-05-2009, 04:25 PM
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| | | Re: Fly & Sawfly ID please
Thank you both.
They look like good matches |
26-05-2009, 06:19 PM
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| | | Re: Fly & Sawfly ID please
#2 is a worn Scathophaga stercoraria, #3 a fresh one. I have quite a few with 'barely' any hairs now, they look puny. The fresh ones are huge and eating the worn ones! I'll spare you the picture!
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26-05-2009, 07:17 PM
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Thanks, Janet.
I can recognize that species when it is furry & yellow and with cows | | |
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