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 Lots of these small (<4mm ish) flies about at the moment. Are they identifiable???
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 Male Fannia sp.
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 Thanks Stephane
I'd never have guessed that...most of the ones I've seen before have that light brown kind of sheen from certain angles (worn look?), These must be new out of the box.
Regards again....Roger


Disregard the above load of guff...I was thinking of Azelia.

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 sp., as Stephane wrote, but 95% F.serena.
Roger, do you have serena in your famous "List"? Grin
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Nikita Vikhrev wrote:
sp., as Stephane wrote, but 95% F.serena.
Roger, do you have serena in your famous "List"? Grin



Hi Nikita
The "Famous List" of which you speak contains many wondrous names,Grin one of which is the species Fannia serena. So this is what it looks like...

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