Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Unknown family (edit: Sphaeroceridae), Sweden
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| morfa |
Posted on 28-12-2007 20:34
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Member Location: Posts: 246 Joined: 30.09.06 |
Location: Stockholm, Sweden (June 2007) Size: 5 mm  Larger view:http://farm3.stat...84f2_o.jpg Best regards, John Edited by morfa on 28-12-2007 23:10 |
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| crex |
Posted on 28-12-2007 20:47
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 Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06 |
Sphaeroceridae!? |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 28-12-2007 20:49
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
yep. Right, crex!  very nice spur under the femur in hind leg!  
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 28-12-2007 20:52 |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 28-12-2007 21:27
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7306 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Copromyza nitida male (I think)
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| morfa |
Posted on 28-12-2007 23:02
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Member Location: Posts: 246 Joined: 30.09.06 |
Thank you very much! BTW: what's that spur for? //John Edited by morfa on 28-12-2007 23:08 |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 28-12-2007 23:18
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7306 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Well - it's only found in the males ... so ... perhaps they want to cling on very tightly!
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 28-12-2007 23:44
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
That would be dear life!
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| Kahis |
Posted on 29-12-2007 07:55
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
...or perhaps they impress females by opening beer bottles with their legs 
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 29-12-2007 19:28
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
That's the way you court women in Finland, is it? That explains a lot.
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| Andre |
Posted on 30-12-2007 16:10
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 Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
Looking at Kahis's avatar, they do it with their teeth (drinking Bavaria, by any chance? ) |
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