Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Identification, please?
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| jezlee |
Posted on 18-08-2009 14:49
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 Member Location: West Midlands, UK Posts: 195 Joined: 12.06.06 |
Can anybody help me with this tiny fly (about 4-5mm approx) which I photographed on a bush in my garden? It was very active, dashing around from place to place on a leaf, only occasionally stopping still long enough for me to press the shutter (hence the photograph isn't all that good!). My location: Wolverhampton, England. 
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 18-08-2009 16:16
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Sciaridae....I think. |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 18-08-2009 18:35
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
it is a Sciarid. One for Paul. |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 18-08-2009 21:02
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Thought it was a Sciarid..but 4-5mm seemed a bit big compared with the ones I've seen up here. A couple of mm is the norm. Maybe a better diet in Wolverhampton. |
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| jezlee |
Posted on 18-08-2009 21:07
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Member Location: West Midlands, UK Posts: 195 Joined: 12.06.06 |
Thanks, guys – and regarding the size, Roger, I may have slightly over-estimated it – although I would have to say it was definitely bigger than 2mm. Perhaps 3-4 maybe ...
Jez Lee www.uknature.co.uk |
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| phil withers |
Posted on 18-08-2009 21:16
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Member Location: Lyon, France Posts: 521 Joined: 04.03.08 |
Some sciarids are very big: such as this one. It might (only might) be Sciara hemerobioides, which is one you will often see in sunny locations (others prefer shade). No way to be sure without a peek below the belt... |
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| jezlee |
Posted on 18-08-2009 21:23
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Member Location: West Midlands, UK Posts: 195 Joined: 12.06.06 |
phil withers wrote: Some sciarids are very big: such as this one. It might (only might) be Sciara hemerobioides, which is one you will often see in sunny locations (others prefer shade). No way to be sure without a peek below the belt... Thanks for the input, Phil – this one definitely seemed to love being out in the sunshine!
Jez Lee www.uknature.co.uk |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 19-08-2009 07:04
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
jorgemotalmeida wrote: What have I done to deserve this?
it is a Sciarid. One for Paul. Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 19-08-2009 10:29
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
In another life you must have been a very very bad person 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 19-08-2009 10:52
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
yes. I know the family Sciarid is a hell.  hiihihhihi |
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| jezlee |
Posted on 19-08-2009 13:59
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Member Location: West Midlands, UK Posts: 195 Joined: 12.06.06 |
Thanks for all your help, guys!
Jez Lee www.uknature.co.uk |
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