Thread subject: Diptera.info :: another fly ? ID possible ?
Posted by brigitteu on 04-08-2009 23:53
#1
location: switzerland, small nature protection area, "wetland", near lake zurich
on maize-leaf close to nature protection area
date: today
size: about 10 mm
Could you please help me?
Thank you very much, Brigitte
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 04-08-2009 23:55
#2
this is not Diptera. But Ephemeroptera. ;) ANother order. :D
Dipterans HAVE NEVER such cerci ! (those extensions protruding from the abdomen)
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 05-08-2009 00:00
Posted by pwalter on 05-08-2009 00:05
#3
Huge eyes and 2 wings make it Baetidae, I think. Maybe freshly shed it's skin, thus so white.
Posted by brigitteu on 05-08-2009 00:16
#4
Thank you both!
I see I'v started with 2 big theme: photopraphy and insects, hhhm: and english :) (makes 3)
I will have a job until end of my live :)
Interesting: huge eyes and fresh skin . . . today I saw a lot of new things . . .
Posted by brigitteu on 05-08-2009 00:18
#5
Could it be this one? also white and huge eyes . . .
http://www.google.ch/imgres?imgurl=http://insectsofalberta.com/images/2005-apr-23_baetidae.jpg&imgrefurl=http://insectsofalberta.com/smallmayfly.htm&h=348&w=468&sz=82&tbnid=f2C028QpyDzGrM:&tbnh=95&tbnw=128&prev=/images%3Fq%3DBaetidae&hl=de&usg=__5A5F3Xxs5pjzpNmL-ba_zcxUVDY=&ei=VbN4SraLAqjJ_gbe8cyKBg&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=6&ct=image
Posted by lagura on 05-08-2009 00:24
#6
Probably a Cloeon sp. (Baetidae)