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Mating Phoridae
Josef Buecker
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Posted on 12-05-2010 16:07
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Hello Forum,
need help with this pair of flies. Family? Genus? ID? Hagen, Germany, beech forest, 150msm, 09. May 2010,
Best regards, Josef
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Phoridae. More than difficult...
 
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Sundew wrote:
Phoridae. More than difficult...

So these are the legendary Phorid flies eh-the scourge of the Tarantula keeper!
 
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yes, but a different genus than the pest in tarantula cages (Megaselia scalaris). This one is a Diplonevra sp.
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