Thread subject: Diptera.info :: tiny flies

Posted by buglady on 02-08-2005 17:52
#1
I was just handed a baggie with 3 small flies. I have no info about where they were found, or how many. These are from a condo complex in Michigan, near Detroit.
i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/jlygrnmigt/unknownflies2.jpg
i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/jlygrnmigt/unknownflies1.jpg

In the picture that shows all 3, the one on the left is just over 2mm long, on the right, 2mm, and the top one is about 1.5 mm The loose wing belongs to the one on the right.

Thank you for any leads!

Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-08-2005 18:06
#2
As far as I can see they are all Chironomidae. Maybe someone with a knowledge of Nearctic fauna can recognise the largest one with the marking in the wing. I cannot...