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 Is this a Diptera?
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| Larry Shone |
Posted on 30-10-2011 13:25
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 Member Location: Darlington UK Posts: 187 Joined: 08.05.10 |
I was goin to post it in other insects as I didnt think it was a Dipteran, but posting is disabled in there for now. Anyway these were spooted outside near the lamp at night, and are really small, with wings folded steeply over the back so that from the side they look like a triangle shaped tent. They look a little like the whitefly you find in greenhouses but i think theyre smaller. And not white. Cant find them in my Collins guide so have no idea where to start. Psocid? |
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| tristram |
Posted on 30-10-2011 13:33
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1334 Joined: 27.06.10 |
Looks like Psychodidae: http://www.dipter...lbum_id=83 |
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| Sara21392 |
Posted on 30-10-2011 13:36
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tristram wrote: Looks like Psychodidae: http://www.dipter...lbum_id=83 I think so! 
Sincerely yours Sara |
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| Larry Shone |
Posted on 30-10-2011 13:42
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Member Location: Darlington UK Posts: 187 Joined: 08.05.10 |
tristram wrote: Looks like Psychodidae: http://www.dipter...lbum_id=83 Thaks tristram!! |
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| Larry Shone |
Posted on 30-10-2011 13:53
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Member Location: Darlington UK Posts: 187 Joined: 08.05.10 |
Thanks Sara, heres another shot of one: |
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| Gunnar M Kvifte |
Posted on 31-10-2011 11:44
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Member Location: Kassel, Germany Posts: 436 Joined: 18.08.09 |
The genus is Psychoda. |
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| Larry Shone |
Posted on 31-10-2011 12:51
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Member Location: Darlington UK Posts: 187 Joined: 08.05.10 |
Gunnar M Kvifte wrote: The genus is Psychoda. Yes thanks! P. alternata? |
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| Gunnar M Kvifte |
Posted on 31-10-2011 15:37
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Member Location: Kassel, Germany Posts: 436 Joined: 18.08.09 |
No, alternata has black spots at the tips of the wing veins. |
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