Posted by Gordon on 11-05-2008 18:03
#1
I believe the Tachinid is Gonia divisa, but can anyone name the Sciarid?
Posted by phil withers on 11-05-2008 19:36
#2
It is a female and thus normally unidentifiable, but many of those with yellow side membranes are
Sciara hemerobioides.
Posted by Xespok on 11-05-2008 20:10
#3
The Tachinid is Tachina sp.
I do not think the two flies have anything specific to do with each other.
Posted by Gordon on 12-05-2008 07:32
#4
Dear Phil,
Thanks, I appreciate that it was/is a female, but I hoped the yellow and fuscate wings might produce something.
Dear Xespok,
Thanks, I will post a few other images of the Tachinid later, and yes I know they were not interacting, to the Sciarid the Tachinid was just in the way, it was only trying to walk over the Tachinid, while the Tachinid felt the Sciarid as just an annoyance, it shook it off just after this photo.
Gordon