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 Tephritidae, Oct.24, 2006
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 29-10-2006 10:59
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Size 4.5mm. I think it's an easy one. |
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| John Smit |
Posted on 29-10-2006 15:43
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Tephritis.... easy..... think again But in this case it's not to difficult. You can clearly see that the hairs on the tergites are darker in the front than in the apical half, combined with the apical fork in the wing and the few clear spots in cell R2+3. These characters point to T. neesii. John |
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 29-10-2006 19:09
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Many thanks John - well I haven't even tried to use Tephritidae key, and rely mostly on visual hints in our Gallery or elsewhere, so they all are not very easy for me . By the way, is this a late autumn species and imagine will overwinter? How late do you find Tephritidae in Europe? |
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| John Smit |
Posted on 30-10-2006 08:12
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Hi Black, A lot of Tephritis species overwinter as adults and in mid winter several species can be found on heath on a sunny and warm day. John |
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 30-10-2006 08:47
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I see - thanks again John. |
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