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 small fly in garden: (edit) Lauxaniidae?
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| Ecooper |
Posted on 19-05-2013 05:35
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Member Location: Posts: 45 Joined: 09.08.12 |
I was testing a new macro set-up and photographed this small fly in my garden this evening. Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada. Size: 4-5 mm long Is this a type of Drosophila. or something else? Cheers, EC www.macrocritters.wordpress.com  sm-fly-may-18_filtered by ernie.cooper, on Flickr Edited by Ecooper on 21-05-2013 04:03 |
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| djo |
Posted on 19-05-2013 14:19
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Member Location: Edinburgh, UK Posts: 192 Joined: 16.05.11 |
Not Drosophila! But I'm afraid they're the only flies I can recognize. From a position of complete ignorance, I might guess Lauxaniidae? |
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| Ecooper |
Posted on 20-05-2013 04:26
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djo wrote: Not Drosophila! But I'm afraid they're the only flies I can recognize. From a position of complete ignorance, I might guess Lauxaniidae? Thanks! I looked-up Lauxaniidae and that certainly looks right to me...but I don't even pretend to have any particular expertise with Diptera identification. Can anyone else confirm that this is Lauxaniidae? EC |
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| djo |
Posted on 20-05-2013 10:31
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Member Location: Edinburgh, UK Posts: 192 Joined: 16.05.11 |
You might want to edit the title of the post, so that any Lauxaniidae enthusiasts see it and respond. |
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| Ecooper |
Posted on 21-05-2013 04:03
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Member Location: Posts: 45 Joined: 09.08.12 |
djo wrote: You might want to edit the title of the post, so that any Lauxaniidae enthusiasts see it and respond. Good idea. Done. Thanks! |
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| Mark-uk |
Posted on 21-05-2013 09:49
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 Member Location: UK - Hampshire Posts: 792 Joined: 01.02.10 |
Meiosimyza or something close to it - did you collect specimen? |
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| Ecooper |
Posted on 22-05-2013 00:19
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Member Location: Posts: 45 Joined: 09.08.12 |
Mark-uk wrote: Meiosimyza or something close to it - did you collect specimen? You can recognize the genus from a photo! Wow, that’s impressive! I looked up Meiosimyza and it certainly looks like the same beast. I didn’t collect it, but it would be easy enough to get a specimen: a number of them seem to settle on one particular fern in my garden each night. I can also provide a higher quality photo. Thanks for the help, EC www.macrocritters.wordpress.com |
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| Ecooper |
Posted on 23-05-2013 18:48
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Member Location: Posts: 45 Joined: 09.08.12 |
I uploaded this photo and a few others to my blog yesterday. Many thanks for the help with identification. I posted thanks to “djo” and “Mark-uk” for your help. I also added a link to this forum. Cheers, EC www.macrocritters.wordpress.com |
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