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Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 31-07-2007 13:03

Mosc reg., 31 July, in smoke of course:D

Edited by Nikita Vikhrev on 31-07-2007 18:12

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 31-07-2007 17:35

Thank you Kahis.
It is Microsania itself.
I have to examen genitalia for species level?

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 31-07-2007 20:01

The Martians are coming! :) I also considered kindling a bonfire but thought better of it then...

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 06-08-2007 12:22

In: http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=7606#post_34236
Black wrote

Last Saturday I made two fires (this time I was more lucky with birch bark), one of them exactly in the same place where I caught those three but no Microsania, so it's not so easy as it might seem.

I found still a lot Microsania today. It seems to me that size of fire is important.
Nikita
P.S. As far as I know some of our members in South Europe have a really large fire places this summer... :o

Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-08-2007 12:54

Larger fires probably burn longer. As a result, the smoke plume will be much bigger, enabling more Microsania to find the fire?

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 06-08-2007 13:52

1. In windless weather this fire smelled on several km
2. There is much more fungi on big fireplace (especialy after several rainy days).
3. I'm sure that unknown to science eggs and larva of Microsania have to be found right here in exfire place!

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 06-08-2007 14:29

I think that I found a Microsania sp. on betula trunk in Serra de Montesinho (about 1100 m altitud) this weekend.. is it usual? (there was no fire or bonfire near...)

Posted by Tony Irwin on 06-08-2007 19:16

It's easiest to find Microsania in smoke, but they can be found elsewhere. Some years ago I caught several in yellow water traps set on the battlements of the Castle in the centre of Norwich.

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 27-08-2007 15:40

#10

I've got Shatalkin's key for Platypezidae.
Microsania pectipennis