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 Very tiny fly
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 14-03-2006 22:28
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14135 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello! This only about 2 mm long fly sat on a stone near a wood's edge here in Ostwestfalen/Germany yesterday (sunny, 1-2 ?C). Is it possible to tell the family (Chloropidae?)? Thanks! 
Edited by Juergen Peters on 15-03-2006 21:51 Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 14-03-2006 22:37
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9459 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Hi Juergen. Too few details visible, but if I have to make stake, I'd put on Sphaeroceridae. 1. Very long and outside directed arista is visible. 2. General impression, included colour. 3. Early time of year. Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 14-03-2006 22:39
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
You can add the relatively broad wings and short abdomen to that.
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| Robert Nash |
Posted on 15-03-2006 10:44
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Member Location: Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland Posts: 288 Joined: 11.11.05 |
Agree. Compact and with short powerful legs.Like birds flies have a "jizz" and this one says Sphaeroceridae. Just emerged from nearby dung I wonder? Robert |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 15-03-2006 21:04
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14135 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Nikita, Paul and Robert! Thanks for your answers! Robert Nash wrote: Agree. Compact and with short powerful legs.Like birds flies have a "jizz" and this one says Sphaeroceridae. Just emerged from nearby dung I wonder? No dung there (except from hares), but lots of moist foliage on the floor at the wood's edge. I have seen several other Sphaeroceridae here during the cold season (Crumomyia?, Lotophila?), but none was that tiny and compact, so I did not take that family into account. Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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