British dung flies (Scathophagidae) on Flickr

Hi All. I've just added Scathophagidae to my Flickr site. The link is here: 

• www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157719233655433/

It follows the usual pattern, with photos of living flies where I have them, then photos of pinned specimens and the details of these, to create a virtual museum collection using clear photos of good specimens. This is Phase 1 i.e. using all I have to hand. Luckily I have a pretty good collection. Phase 2 will involve visiting museum collections to fill in the gaps. If you havs any spcimens that can help fill gaps I'd love to borrow them (email me at: falkentomology(at)gmail.com). I've also got three visits to Scotland planned this summer which should bring about encounters with new species. Remember that if you keep clicking on the photos they get bigger and can reveal good detail. There are also drop-down species accounts, and often useful notes attached to individual photos.

We already have a brilliant Scathophagidae resource in Stuart's web pages and its downloads. Hopefully the Flickr resource will complement that, and the species accounts include personal information and views on things like habitat preferences that aren't published anywhere else yet. There is also good coverage of some rare or poorly-defined taxa e.g. Conisternum tinctinerve, Scathophaga taeniopa and Scathophaga 'maculipes' whatever this is (is it a form of lutaria, inquinata or something else?). Cheers, Falky