Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sphaeroceridae with strange wings from Gotland, Sweden

Posted by Tony Irwin on 26-07-2016 09:23
#6

In many small flies, the males (and occasionally the females) vibrate their wings rapidly to produce "songs" to impress potential mates. If Coproica males "sing", it may be that the marginal bristles on acutangula males give their songs an enhanced tone or timbre. A great little project for someone with high resolution high speed camera and a large supply of horse poo!