Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Golden globule

Posted by lynkos on 06-01-2006 09:22
#1

This fly was really minute but very distinctive. Not a first class photo as I only managed to get this shot before it took off.

www.naturamediterraneo.com/Public/data2/lynkos/CF4106-C13-F.jpg_20061683118_CF4106-C13-F.jpg
Rome, Italy - 2 mm

Thanks, Sarah

Posted by Jan Willem on 06-01-2006 09:45
#2

Hi Sarah,

Family Chloropidae.

Jan Willem

Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-01-2006 09:47
#3

Quite possibly Thaumatomyia notata.

Posted by lynkos on 06-01-2006 12:42
#4

Thanks to you Jan and Paul, Sarah

Posted by lynkos on 06-01-2006 17:18
#5

I found it again this afternoon and was able to take a better photo. What a real beauty it is.

www.naturamediterraneo.com/Public/data2/lynkos/CF6106-C04-F.jpg_200616171651_CF6106-C04-F.jpg

Sarah