Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tiny flies on a rotten mushroom

Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-09-2006 20:08
#1

Hello!

On a big rotten mushroom in our garden there are very many of these pale flies. They are smaller (2-3 mm) than the Sepsis specimens which are also present on that mushroom (but in much smaller numbers). Do they belong to the Drosophilidae? Thanks!

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Posted by Tony Irwin on 07-09-2006 20:44
#2

Drosophila (or closely related genus)

Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-09-2006 21:19
#3

Hello, Tony!

Tony Irwin wrote:
Drosophila (or closely related genus)


Thanks a lot!