Posted by Juergen Peters on 27-10-2008 21:05
#1
Hello!
A 3.5 mm small fly from our house (northwest Germany) the night before yesterday. Male Anthomyiidae? Thanks in advance!
Edited by Juergen Peters on 28-10-2008 19:52
Posted by Michael Ackland on 28-10-2008 09:52
#3
Male anthomyiid. I can't see any diagnostic characters, there are probably 40 species which look like this. Also unfortunately in Anthomyiidae the general appearance of a species will not tell you what genus it is, with perhaps only a few exceptions.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 28-10-2008 19:50
#4
Hello, Michael!
Michael Ackland wrote:
Male anthomyiid. I can't see any diagnostic characters, there are probably 40 species which look like this. Also unfortunately in Anthomyiidae the general appearance of a species will not tell you what genus it is, with perhaps only a few exceptions.
Thank you. I know of the problems of photo IDing, and try my best to take photos from several different views etc. But often it is simply not possible to take better pics :|, especially at night and when the fly sits at a place, where I cannot rest my camara arm on something for less waggle.