Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Flies of the Christmas night...
Posted by Juergen Peters on 27-12-2006 00:01
#1
Hello!
I was surprised, how many Diptera were still outside at -1 ?C round our house this evening (Ostwestfalen/Germany). Besides the usual Trichoceridae and Chironomidae I found many Mycetophildae (see other posting) and these Brachycera.
The Muscid on the first picture was rather large (15 mm). Could it be
Phaonia valida?
A little bit smaller was the Calliphorid on pic 2. I think it it a
Calliphora (
cf. vicina).
The third one was only 5-6 mm long. I hope, this time I get it right ;-):
Sphaeroceridae?
And last but not least the usual (found it nearly every day in the last few weeks) 2.5 mm
Scaptomyza pallida.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 27-12-2006 07:38
#2
Hi Juergen.
3. It seems that your troubes with Sphaeroceridae is in the past now!
4. Scaptomyza pallida without doubts.
2. I'm not as sure that Calliphora is vicina.
Nikita
Posted by Zeegers on 27-12-2006 09:09
#3
always a good idea to collect Calliphora in november and december.
Could be loewi or uralensis, very rare species in temperate Europe.
Theo Zeegers
Posted by Juergen Peters on 27-12-2006 20:02
#4
Hello, Nikita and Theo!
Thanks for your replies!
Zeegers wrote:
always a good idea to collect Calliphora in november and december.
Could be loewi or uralensis, very rare species in temperate Europe.
Oh! I did not expect to possibly find other species than
vicina or
vomitoria (still fruitlessly looking for that one) here. The fly sat too high at the wall to catch it or get a pic from the front. Only took this photo with highest tele setting and added the '
cf. vicina' just because I never saw another species here...
Posted by Juergen Peters on 30-12-2006 02:50
#5
Hello!
Juergen Peters wrote:
The Muscid on the first picture was rather large (15 mm). Could it be Phaonia valida?
And this one? Is
Phaonia valida plausible, or don't they occur in mid December?