Thread subject: Diptera.info :: ide help please:
Posted by New Forest Wanderer on 18-02-2020 19:49
#1
Very small fly, found on moss, south UK, 2/2/20
Posted by New Forest Wanderer on 18-02-2020 19:50
#2
... another photo ...
Posted by Tony Irwin on 19-02-2020 09:48
#3
Sciaridae female. Difficult to take further from photos.
Posted by New Forest Wanderer on 19-02-2020 18:44
#4
Tony - thanks for the family. Is there an online key anywhere (I also have a male specimen) ... Colin
Posted by Tony Irwin on 20-02-2020 13:36
#5
No on-line key that I know of, but Freeman's 1993 Royal Ent. Soc. Handbook (a bit out of date, but still useful - there have been lots of species added new to Britain since) is available for only £2.00 from the RES - see:
https://www.royen...-sciaridae
Posted by New Forest Wanderer on 23-02-2020 20:59
#6
Thanks Tony - had seen that but wasn't sure how useful it would be ... Colin