MatingInsects at Gibraltar Point (1 Viewer)

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ggregory71

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• Jul 26, 2016

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I would be most grateful if anyone could identify these mating insects.

 

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Steve

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• Jul 26, 2016

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Are they mating or still at the foreplay stage ? Soixante Nuef me thinks?

 

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aeshna5

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• Jul 26, 2016

• #3

Tachina grossa.

 

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ggregory71

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• Jul 26, 2016

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Thank you for this. Is there a common (English) name?

 

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aeshna5

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• Jul 27, 2016

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ggregory71 said:

Thank you for this. Is there a common (English) name?

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Not one I'm aware of but I'm sure somebody has invented one recently as there's been a trend to invent names for taxa that never had a vernacular name. Certainly no English name in any of the various insect guides. At least it's not a particularly tricky name to remember.