Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Don't know?< Sphaeroceridae
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 05-07-2010 21:56
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5269 Joined: 17.07.08 |
This was found at Scatsta Airport a couple of weeks ago, can't remember the size...anyone got any ideas on it. Looks kinda Sphaero to me?? Roger Thomason attached the following image:  [119.1Kb] Edited by Roger Thomason on 05-07-2010 22:14 |
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| phil withers |
Posted on 05-07-2010 21:58
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Member Location: Lyon, France Posts: 521 Joined: 04.03.08 |
Sphaerocerid; hard to tell more from this angle (but not one of the tiddly ones) |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 05-07-2010 22:09
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5269 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Cheers Phil Another image...I think this one must have been among the flies sent to Paul for ID...'cause I can't find it among my heap of dead stuff  Apologies for crap photo's...it's been in the freezer and the legs have contracted towards the body  , how can this be corrected...happens to most of them.
Roger Thomason attached the following image:  [114.27Kb] Edited by Roger Thomason on 05-07-2010 22:13 |
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| phil withers |
Posted on 05-07-2010 22:32
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Member Location: Lyon, France Posts: 521 Joined: 04.03.08 |
I can't see a hook on the hind tarsus, so might be Lotophila atra. If you want to relax them, put them in a vial on damp cotton wool for a few hours; |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 09-07-2010 01:14
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5269 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Thanks for that Phil  This one was photographed the same night that the dead one was caught in the pan trap ( actually a yellow Kelloggs cereal bowl to give it its technical name). Your suggestion looks good to me. There were quite a few of these on "The Grit Bins of Scatsta"
Roger Thomason attached the following image:  [88.63Kb] |
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