Amber Listserv / 'DRUNKARD'

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The body segmentation looks "bee-ish".  That's a give away that it's not a fly.  Someone call me on this if I'm wrong.
 
Tammi 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: tbuck22 at optonline.net
To: suzzyq4 at juno.com
Cc: amber at ambericawest.com
Sent: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: Amber Listserv / 'DRUNKARD'


SUZ,

    I assume you're talking about the specimen I called a "bee". Are fruit
flies rare in Baltic amber? I still think with those short, stubby legs and
bib eyes that it looks like a bee.

Tom

Tom Buckley
Silicone Specialist
Polymer Engineering

Phone: 845-258-4928
Fax: 845-258-4930
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <suzzyq4 at juno.com>
To: <tbuck22 at optonline.net>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 6:57 PM
Subject: 'DRUNKARD'


> Laugh, but that is what we call fruit flies.  They suck up all the
> wonderful fermented nectar from the fruit and then buzz around as if they
> were on a bender, ergo drunkards. It does looks ever so much like a
> 'fruit fly'.  But an expert entomologist would know for sure.  The size
> is right.  They are gnat like.  Some call them gnats.   SUZ


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