Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sphaeroceridae ?

Posted by Amara on 21-12-2011 17:13
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I wonder would it be possible to tell something about the fly on the image like that (sorry).

I saw these flies (quite a few) on the trail in a forest-park of Moscow (Russia) on the December 19, 2011. The size of the fly was roughly 4 mm long.
They were sitting on the freshly fallen snow, never flying (like winter crane flies that I also saw these) but when approached they rather tried to escape by running on the surface of the snow.

Could it be something like Limosina silvatica?

Thank you.

Edited by Amara on 21-12-2011 17:15