Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Which one?

Posted by Roger Thomason on 18-05-2009 14:57
#1
Only got this shot, half hidden by flower head of Ribes Shrub...possible to ID from this?

Posted by caliprobola on 22-05-2009 05:19
#2
probably Melanostoma scalare?

Posted by Roger Thomason on 22-05-2009 08:54
#3
Thanks caliprobola,
Haven't had one of those before Smile. Any advance on probably anybody?

Regards Roger


Posted by Andre on 22-05-2009 11:05
#4
It is not Melanostoma. Look at the front tarsae and you will see that the segments are flattened and broadened. so this one belongs to the genus Platycheirus. My first immediate hunch was peltatus-group. But to be certain, I would need the collected specimen.

Posted by Roger Thomason on 23-05-2009 23:15
#5
Sorry...not collected, only seen it for a second. I don't collect anyway. If the locals saw me running round the garden with a net, men in white coats would be hammering on the door within the hour Frown. Not the done thing in Shetland for some reason.

Posted by Andre on 24-05-2009 21:31
#6
There is only one solution: get officially mad! Grin

Posted by Andre on 24-05-2009 21:43
#7
Look! That's our Roger, the bugcollector... look, how he's catching musquitos with his pants down his knees....

Posted by Roger Thomason on 24-05-2009 21:46
#8
All I need is the paperwork...Pfft What is sane anyhow.......Pass.

Regards..... Roger...(or is it)?