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Diptera and Weevil for id, please (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Matt Prince
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Wildmoreway
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Mesembrina meridiana, only english name I have heard is the Noon Day Fly. Not an uncommon fly it lays its eggs in cow dung!
Matt Prince
Sharkbait
ta brandreth
Well-known member
difficult from these,but best-fit is Apion pomonae, elytra can be greeny-slaty blue...
Matt Prince
Sharkbait
Thanks for that, figured it was probably a big ask considering the poor images.
I looked at a proper picture on the wild about denmark and it looks about right, they were all over the place on the docks. I'm struggling with the scale of some of these beasties....and having no literature and no experience. I'll put it down as probable apion pomonae to go alongside probable apion frumentarium. Or red weevil, and a green weevil if I'm being honest
I looked at a proper picture on the wild about denmark and it looks about right, they were all over the place on the docks. I'm struggling with the scale of some of these beasties....and having no literature and no experience. I'll put it down as probable apion pomonae to go alongside probable apion frumentarium. Or red weevil, and a green weevil if I'm being honest
Ficedula
velico ergo sum
not pomonae which is on Lathrus sp., these are propaply Perapion hydrolapathi, however several other Rumex associated sp are very similar.
Matt Prince
Sharkbait
Ah-ha. Thanks Ficedula.. As Einstein said 'make everything in life as simple as possible, but no simpler'. The docks were swarming with the little blighters so I'd assume they are closely linked with the flower type. Is there anywhere on the that lists the associations between UK weevils and flora/food source?
And I love the 'everything list' tag - much better than my 'holistic year-list'.
I assume the weevils are a difficult group - I think I'm going to concentrate my coleoptera based efforts on the easier/better documented groups !
And I love the 'everything list' tag - much better than my 'holistic year-list'.
I assume the weevils are a difficult group - I think I'm going to concentrate my coleoptera based efforts on the easier/better documented groups !