Comments for >Tachinid Recording Scheme http://tachinidae.org.uk/blog a site about tachinids... Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:53:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Comment on Gonia picea on the wing – 21/3/2012 by Ian Andrews http://tachinidae.org.uk/blog/?p=848#comment-65 Ian Andrews Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:53:31 +0000 http://tachinidae.org.uk/blog/?p=848#comment-65 I took a single Gonia picea from a lowland heath site today, where it was basking at a sunny path edge with several Tachina ursina. Site is Allerthorpe Common in the Vale of York at SE763478 [26.03.2012]. Is this quite a northerly record, or is it more widespread than NBN and Tachinid map suggests? Thanks for any feedback. Ian I took a single Gonia picea from a lowland heath site today, where it was basking at a sunny path edge with several Tachina ursina. Site is Allerthorpe Common in the Vale of York at SE763478 [26.03.2012].

Is this quite a northerly record, or is it more widespread than NBN and Tachinid map suggests? Thanks for any feedback.

Ian

]]> Comment on Gonia picea on the wing – 21/3/2012 by Large bristly fly for ID if poss - Wild About Britain http://tachinidae.org.uk/blog/?p=848#comment-63 Large bristly fly for ID if poss - Wild About Britain Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:33:08 +0000 http://tachinidae.org.uk/blog/?p=848#comment-63 [...] bristly fly for ID if poss Gonia picea, one of the first of the early spring Tachinids, see Gonia picea on the wing – 21/3/2012 >Tachinid Recording Scheme . I found my first one myself yesterday and another today. The very wide "face" is [...] [...] bristly fly for ID if poss Gonia picea, one of the first of the early spring Tachinids, see Gonia picea on the wing – 21/3/2012 >Tachinid Recording Scheme . I found my first one myself yesterday and another today. The very wide "face" is [...]

]]> Comment on Some tachinid head close-ups by Steve Downes http://tachinidae.org.uk/blog/?p=651#comment-19 Steve Downes Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:29:13 +0000 http://tachinidae.org.uk/blog/?p=651#comment-19 Excellent detail and lighting - I reckon you are well below 5 microns per pixel. Remember the wavelength of light is not far off at half a micron! The tiny hair scales which make up the pubescence are probably at that dimension, which is probably why they reflect so well. Steve Excellent detail and lighting – I reckon you are well below 5 microns per pixel. Remember the wavelength of light is not far off at half a micron! The tiny hair scales which make up the pubescence are probably at that dimension, which is probably why they reflect so well.

Steve

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