Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Simuliidae

Posted by blowave on 21-10-2009 17:56
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Hi all,

This small fly was feeding on Ivy flowers. The Ivy is above a roadside drain. Size a little over 3mm maybe. Very little info about these, could it be a Simulium sp.? I think there's 33 Simuliidae sp. in the UK.

Taken on 13th October.

A few miles south of Lincoln UK.

Janet :)