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| LordV |
Posted on 19-01-2007 16:47
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Member Location: Posts: 673 Joined: 06.09.05 |
Small fly about 2.7mm body length. Taken today South coast UK. Any ideas ? Thanks Brian V.  |
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| Jan Willem |
Posted on 19-01-2007 19:23
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Hi Brian, It belongs to the family Sphaeroceridae. Unfortunately I know very little about this family, but maybe one of the others is able to give a genus or even species name. Jan Willem |
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| LordV |
Posted on 19-01-2007 19:33
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Member Location: Posts: 673 Joined: 06.09.05 |
Thanks Jan- I'm quite happy with just knowing the family level.  Brian v. |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 23-01-2007 08:50
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
You are lucky: The tip of the fore metatarsus and the whole second tarsomere are whitish. Characteristic of Sphaerocera monilis. Recorded in the UK from Kent, Middx, Essex, Herts, Berks, (Oxon), Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, (Hants), Glos, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambs, Hereford, (Dumfries), Dunbarton, Argyll and Ross & Cromarty, virtually throughout the year but few in numbers.
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