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 Syrphidae?
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| Larry Shone |
Posted on 30-10-2011 13:32
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 Member Location: Darlington UK Posts: 187 Joined: 08.05.10 |
there were lots of these tiny flies near the lamp last night, they are kind of Drosophila-sized I guess and tended to run rather than fly away from me. I'm guessing all 3 are the same species....    This is as close as I could get as they move so fast! Edited by Larry Shone on 30-10-2011 13:32 |
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| tristram |
Posted on 30-10-2011 14:25
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1334 Joined: 27.06.10 |
Not a Syrphid. I have some photos of flies just like the 3rd one but I have not yet managed to ID them properly. I thought they might be Lonchopteridae but that was just a guess. |
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| Sara21392 |
Posted on 30-10-2011 15:07
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And I guess Opomyzidae!? 
Sincerely yours Sara |
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| Larry Shone |
Posted on 30-10-2011 15:11
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Member Location: Darlington UK Posts: 187 Joined: 08.05.10 |
Sara21392 wrote: And I guess Opomyzidae!? Thanks Sara-Opomyza germinationis was one of the matches I saw in the book but the colour is different. I guess there are a few different species in that family? |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 30-10-2011 18:01
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5269 Joined: 17.07.08 |
They all look like Drosophilidae. Bottom one looks like Scaptomyza pallida or graminum but I think your images are too small to make anything of...have you tried cropping closer Larry  . |
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| Larry Shone |
Posted on 30-10-2011 18:56
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Member Location: Darlington UK Posts: 187 Joined: 08.05.10 |
Roger Thomason wrote: They all look like Drosophilidae. Bottom one looks like Scaptomyza pallida or graminum but I think your images are too small to make anything of...have you tried cropping closer Larry .Too blurry to crop any tighter Roger. I was shooting in near dark and they move quick up this close |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 30-10-2011 20:24
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Apparently only two rows of acrostichal setae on a darker median strip so probably Scaptomyza pallida.
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Larry Shone |
Posted on 30-10-2011 22:31
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Member Location: Darlington UK Posts: 187 Joined: 08.05.10 |
Paul Beuk wrote: Apparently only two rows of acrostichal setae on a darker median strip so probably Scaptomyza pallida. Thanks Paul. now I hate to sound stupid, I know that setae are fine hairs but acrostichal? |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 30-10-2011 22:47
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5269 Joined: 17.07.08 |
http://www.dipter...amp;id=269 All kinds of things in The Glossary.... |
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| Larry Shone |
Posted on 30-10-2011 23:12
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Member Location: Darlington UK Posts: 187 Joined: 08.05.10 |
Cheers Roge. Another species nailed then! |
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