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 Sepsidae with bubble. -> Sepsis cynipsea ?
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| Ray Perry |
Posted on 20-10-2017 16:23
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5-7mm long - garden, Flensburg, Germany. On an old radish plant which keeps on flowering even though it has some mature seed pods. There were 5 to 10 Sepsidae on the plant. Most were fairly active, running around and flying from one leaf or flower to the next. This one, however, was comparatively passive. I photographed it between 15.05pm and 15.34pm. In all this time it had a bubble at it's mouth and remained in the vicinity of one flower; at first on the petal, then onto the flower stem where it excreted liquid from it's abdomen and it wiped of with it's hind legs, then it wiped/massaged it's thorax and wings then returned to the petals. Video of it wiping off the rear droplets and it's wing:- https://www.youtu...qlyGqueB9w Edited by Ray Perry on 21-10-2017 14:28 |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 20-10-2017 16:38
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Sepsis sp. Nice account. 
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Steve Crellin |
Posted on 20-10-2017 16:42
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The last photo hints at a notched fore tibia so it might just be S. cynipsea. Would it be possible to enlarge the area around that leg?
Steve Crellin steve_crellin1@hotmail.co.uk Isle of Man |
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| Ray Perry |
Posted on 20-10-2017 20:48
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Thanks Steve. Here's a good image of the legs, taken at 15.09pm. Does this show the notch you're talking about? Does the notch also imply that it's a male? Edited by Ray Perry on 20-10-2017 22:03 |
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| Ray Perry |
Posted on 20-10-2017 20:59
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and here is an enlargement of the last from my row of images. Taken at 15.06pm It was good spotting on your part Steve  Thank You very much. Ray |
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| Ray Perry |
Posted on 20-10-2017 21:54
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Sepsidnet has an excellent image showing the notched fore tibia of Sepsis cynipsea:- http://sepsidnet-...ipsea.html |
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| Steve Crellin |
Posted on 21-10-2017 09:30
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Thanks Ray, cynipsea looks likely with this one.
Steve Crellin steve_crellin1@hotmail.co.uk Isle of Man |
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but don't see the image in the post.