Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Challenging the cold, Scathophagidae?

Posted by lynkos on 23-11-2005 17:42
#1
Under leaden skies with temperatures near zero, I decided to test Nikita's theory that diptera are an order for all-seasons. And in fact, the only creatures with the courage to move were the flies. Could this one possibly be Scathophagidae?

www.naturamediterraneo.com/Public/data2/lynkos/OSPB05-C11-F.jpg_20051123173416_OSPB05-C11-F.jpg

Photographed near Rome, Italy, 23-11-2005.

Thanks, Sarah
Edited by lynkos on 23-11-2005 17:43

Posted by Kahis on 23-11-2005 21:26
#2
Yes, definitely Scathophaga

Posted by lynkos on 24-11-2005 06:36
#3
Wow, that's two I got right :o, thanks Kahis, Sarah