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Lots of small unidentified fly
steveplant
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 Hello all, during a walk in a wood in Derbyshire, UK lots of very small flies were seen amongst the leaf litter. It was seemingly too cool for them to fly as they were hopping and walking out of the way. Can anyone put a name to them please ?

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Steve :-)
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Gunnar M Kvifte
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 Lonchoptera sp.
 
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 This one is female. In this genus wing veins are sexually dimorphic.
 
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 Thanks guys :-) Very interesting re., being av=ble to sex them from the wing veins.

Steve :-)
 
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