Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Sciomyzidae
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| fleabag |
Posted on 08-04-2007 02:50
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 Member Location: Sussex UK Posts: 183 Joined: 13.07.06 |
Hello, I had a good day for snail killers  This looks like a new one for me,i can see a similar one in the gallery but im not sure,please could anyone help? Found in rural sussex UK + maybe about 10mm. thanks, Noel. fleabag attached the following image:  [120.11Kb] |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 08-04-2007 07:11
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9459 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Hi Noel. It is Sepedon spinipes. Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| fleabag |
Posted on 08-04-2007 16:15
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Member Location: Sussex UK Posts: 183 Joined: 13.07.06 |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 08-04-2007 17:09
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
i saw lots of snails here.  How and where can I find Sciomyzidae to help to control these increase of snails? |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 08-04-2007 17:25
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9459 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Jorge, what do you have against snails? It is nice and harmless animals! Sepedon has nothing against snails - as Don Corleone said - "nothing personal, just business". Nikita P.S. You can find Sepedon of the grass growing from water Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 08-04-2007 18:01
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
i don?t like snails, they destroy some plants here. When I said many I would mean hundreds of them! During the night, I was suprised when I walked above a "snail ground".  and hear just "cratch" "cratch" I see that there are_ "Larvae (of Sciomyzidae) prey on slugs and freshwater snails." I will try to seek for these Sciomyzidae flies. I never saw one. Perhaps do they like more cold weather? |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 08-04-2007 21:08
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9459 Joined: 24.05.05 |
This Sepedon S.spinipes do not recorded in Portuguese, but blackish Sepedon sphegea and rare Sepedon femorata (I wish to have a specimen!) do. Sepedon has nothing against hot weather - it is mostly tropical genus. Other Sciomyzidae prefer the shadow places, you will find a lot in Portuguese. Bon chance, Jorge 
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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