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 Portraits of amateur/professional dipterologists - II
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| Smoggycb |
Posted on 10-06-2010 08:10
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This reminds me of one of those doctors abbreviations - NOD, Normal for Darlo! |
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| Larry Shone |
Posted on 10-06-2010 09:03
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Smoggycb wrote: This reminds me of one of those doctors abbreviations - NOD, Normal for Darlo! Hmmm,never heard that before. Actually I'm non native to Darlington,moved up north 10 years ago (10 years already!!) |
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| Smoggycb |
Posted on 10-06-2010 11:37
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Worked there for the railways many moons ago. Hated the job, loved the town, so absoulutely no insult intended to darlingtonites! |
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| Larry Shone |
Posted on 10-06-2010 12:41
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Smoggycb wrote: Worked there for the railways many moons ago. Hated the job, loved the town, so absoulutely no insult intended to darlingtonites! Cool! I'm originally from south stafffordshire, near Wolverhampton-no steam heritage down there but up here theres loads of it! Not only is it the place where the railways started (the world's first passenger steam loco service began in Shildon, near Darlington) but also the first new Steam loco for 50 years , the Tornado, was built here and unveiled last year. Edited by Larry Shone on 10-06-2010 12:42 |
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| Smoggycb |
Posted on 13-06-2010 07:40
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I used to work in the computing section as a programmer. I think if I had been working with the rolling stock I wouldn't have found the job so hateful! |
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| JariF |
Posted on 16-07-2010 19:56
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Strange how much this heat has changed the diptera families You will find up here. A lot more small Tachinidae and Miltogramminae flying. This is from today during my Miltogramma hunting trip with +32 degrees Celsius ( and that is a lot up here  )Jari |
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| pwalter |
Posted on 30-07-2010 13:16
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Hi, this is a photo of me dressed as a cross between Harry Potter/Emperor Palpatine from Star Wars (actually, my graduation as molecular biologist):
Walter Pfliegler - Amateur Nature Photographer from Hungary (and molecular biologist) |
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| Christian Kehlmaier |
Posted on 30-07-2010 18:27
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Looking goooooooood ... Congatulations! |
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| pbedell |
Posted on 27-08-2010 18:03
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This is myself, Paul Bedell. I am interested in lower Brachycera. But when this photo was taken I was chasing after the dragonfly Tanypteryx hageni.
Edited by pbedell on 17-01-2012 01:50 |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 30-08-2010 11:31
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Rather vague pic...
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 25-09-2010 21:12
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A quick photo showing Barbara Ismay, Monty Wood and myself working here on my neotropical collection and having a great time. It's just incredible to see Monty work - we haven't touched a key seriously, yet we have 2/3 of the tachinids to genus already! I am learning so much and receiving some very nice compliments from Monty along to way too, which is very encouraging  One more day to go and so many tachinids to identify! 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Eric Fisher |
Posted on 26-09-2010 01:19
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Chris, Wonderful to see you in such distinguished company! Especially pleased you were able to visit with Monty. My best regards to all, Eric |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 26-09-2010 08:06
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Thanks Eric ... yes, if I look a little "washed out" it is as a result of my tired brain trying hard to take in all the information Monty has been throwing at me for 2 days It's as much as I can do to write the det-labels, take notes on the host information, prepare the next round of specimens (he works so fast that you always have to have a dozen more tachinids ready) and try manfully to field the questions he asks me as he tests whether I have been paying attention for the last 48 hours! The best part for me though has been to see how excited he has been to see the material I have collected over the last few years. I seem to have some really unusual species and that has whetted his appetite to visit French Guiana and has shown him variation and new forms that he has never seen before, which is no mean feat for someone as experienced as Monty 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| conopid |
Posted on 26-09-2010 10:48
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Great pic Chris. Certainly one for the personal archive of great moments in one's life!
Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| rvanderweele |
Posted on 05-12-2010 23:05
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Well, I noticed during the last summer months that my eyes are getting worse and worse. It is the curse of age. So, I asked our national Saint, Sinterklaas, for head magnifier with led-lights. It looks idiot, but it works. I will be able, I hope, to put the pins on the correct places and not any more everywhere except in the thorax.
ruud van der weele rvanderweele@gmail.com |
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| rvanderweele |
Posted on 13-03-2011 16:05
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Besides some Sphaeroceridae and Trichoceridae there were no flies in Marienwaerdt today (I do not want to think about the Calypterates), so I took a photo of my myself.
ruud van der weele rvanderweele@gmail.com |
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| rvanderweele |
Posted on 13-03-2011 16:42
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Member Location: Posts: 1984 Joined: 01.11.06 |
now okay?
ruud van der weele rvanderweele@gmail.com |
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| Sara21392 |
Posted on 13-03-2011 19:52
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How good is that I can see the real your faces. Some of you are exactly the same that I thought. Sincerely yours Sara |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 13-03-2011 20:41
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True, by the way, we don't know your real face Sara. 
Stephane. |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 29-09-2011 21:40
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Hey, let's resurrect this thread! We have lots of active members that we know at most from their avatar. Please don't be shy! |
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