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Phytomyptera nigrina seen in Lincolnshire

by ChrisRPosted onMay 9, 2012May 9, 2012

Had a very good record recently, sent in by Phil Porter, of Phytomyptera nigrina. Richard Davidson took the specimen at Whisby Nature Park on 22nd…

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The first photos through the Leica S8APO

by ChrisRPosted onApril 24, 2012April 25, 2012

It has taken a while to get the camera hooked up to the microscope because it is quite a complicated process, involving lots of adapters…

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Tachina lurida on the wing

by ChrisRPosted onApril 19, 2012April 20, 2012

Had a nice record from Tristan Bantock on the 17th – a Tachina lurida, seen on Parkland Walk near Crouch Hill tube station. They look…

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Natural England funding

by ChrisRPosted onApril 17, 2012April 20, 2012

It has been a hectic and exciting start to 2012 for the recording scheme, with the recent good news that we had won funding from…

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More early sightings

by ChrisRPosted onApril 7, 2012April 7, 2012

The warm, sunny Spring weather has brought out the early tachinids and we have already received records for Tachina ursina, Gonia picea, Lypha dubia, Campylocheta…

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Gonia picea on the wing – 21/3/2012

by ChrisRPosted onMarch 21, 2012March 21, 2012

It was a sunny day so I took a short walk across Hartslock Nature Reserve this lunchtime, with a vague idea that I might see…

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Linnaemya picta – male genitalia

by ChrisRPosted onNovember 14, 2011May 20, 2012

Linnaemya picta was added to the British list fairly recently but has been found in a few localities this year – namely Kent, Suffolk &…

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A typical tachinid wing

by ChrisRPosted onNovember 11, 2011November 11, 2011

This is a photograph of a Tachina grossa wing, annotated to show the commonest features that are used in the keys: I always orient myself…

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Some tachinid head close-ups

by ChrisRPosted onNovember 3, 2011November 12, 2011

Here are a few of my latest stacks showing some nice tachinid head close-ups. Most were all taken using the Nikkor EL 50mm f2.8 lens…

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Some Siphona… and Pseudosiphona

by ChrisRPosted onNovember 1, 2011November 3, 2011

These are a few photos of Siphona spp. in my collection. A few of the identifications, like boreata and maculata, are easy but the others…

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