Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Don't know?< Sphaeroceridae
Posted by Roger Thomason on 05-07-2010 22:56
#1
This was found at Scatsta Airport a couple of weeks ago, can't remember the size...anyone got any ideas on it.
Looks kinda Sphaero to me??
Edited by Roger Thomason on 05-07-2010 23:14
Posted by phil withers on 05-07-2010 22:58
#2
Sphaerocerid; hard to tell more from this angle (but not one of the tiddly ones)
Posted by Roger Thomason on 05-07-2010 23:09
#3
Cheers Phil
Another image...I think this one must have been among the flies sent to Paul for ID...'cause I can't find it among my heap of dead stuff :S
Apologies for crap photo's...it's been in the freezer and the legs have contracted towards the body :|, how can this be corrected...happens to most of them.
Edited by Roger Thomason on 05-07-2010 23:13
Posted by phil withers on 05-07-2010 23:32
#4
I can't see a hook on the hind tarsus, so might be Lotophila atra. If you want to relax them, put them in a vial on damp cotton wool for a few hours;
Posted by Roger Thomason on 09-07-2010 02:14
#5
Thanks for that Phil :) This one was photographed the same night that the dead one was caught in the pan trap ( actually a yellow Kelloggs cereal bowl to give it its technical name). Your suggestion looks good to me. There were quite a few of these on "The Grit Bins of Scatsta"