Posted by djo on 10-08-2020 19:35
#1
Hi! - sorry for the terrible images.
Aspirated from a fungus on dead log. 2-3 mm long, pale with very dark patches on abdomen, and distinctive stripes on mesonotum.
It feels a *lot* like Drosophilidae to me, but I cannot tell if it is, let alone species. (Also found Leucophenga maculata on the same 'shroom!)
Edited by djo on 10-08-2020 22:26
Posted by Tony Irwin on 10-08-2020 21:13
#2
Looks very like
Hirtodrosophila trivittata (Drosophilidae) - not sure whether this has been recorded in Scotland before.
Posted by djo on 10-08-2020 22:25
#3
Thank you! I knew it felt like a drosophilid!!
I should have said! Not Scotland, collected in East Sussex
Posted by Tony Irwin on 10-08-2020 23:51
#4
Still, a useful record of a species that appears to be spreading in Britain.