Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Midge, Germany => Sciaridae

Posted by Pristurus on 28-06-2012 23:03
#1

found on Urtica in a forest near Marburg, Hesse, on 2012-06-10. Regards, Ingo

video: http://commons.wi...-06-10.ogv

Edited by Pristurus on 01-07-2012 00:15

Posted by xylo on 29-06-2012 01:19
#2

...a female specimen of "Dark-winged Fungus Gnats" Sciaridae.

Posted by Gunnar M Kvifte on 29-06-2012 06:12
#3

She looks like she is ovipositing. I have not heard of Sciarids ovipositing on nettles before. Try to rear the larvae!

Posted by Pristurus on 01-07-2012 00:13
#4

Yes, I think ovipostion is right (see video). However to find this leaf again in a jungle of nettles is really impossible for me...
Thanks for the id to xylo and Gunnar! Greetings, Ingo