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LordV
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Posted on 19-01-2007 16:47
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Small fly about 2.7mm body length. Taken today South coast UK.
Any ideas ?
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Brian V.

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Jan Willem
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Posted on 19-01-2007 19:23
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Hi Brian,

It belongs to the family Sphaeroceridae. Unfortunately I know very little about this family, but maybe one of the others is able to give a genus or even species name.

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Thanks Jan- I'm quite happy with just knowing the family level. Grin
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Paul Beuk
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Posted on 23-01-2007 08:50
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You are lucky: The tip of the fore metatarsus and the whole second tarsomere are whitish. Characteristic of Sphaerocera monilis. Recorded in the UK from Kent, Middx, Essex, Herts, Berks, (Oxon), Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, (Hants), Glos, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambs, Hereford, (Dumfries), Dunbarton, Argyll and Ross & Cromarty, virtually throughout the year but few in numbers.
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