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Posted by javanerkelens on 06-01-2009 21:26

At home I have a aquarium filled whit soil, to see what flies are coming out of the soil.
And today I spotted my first Muscidae!
The sice is about 4mm and I think it could be a Hydrotaea.
But I had to make photo's through the glass, because when I open the cover, all other flies are flying into my livingroom...:o
Is it Hydrotaea(H.irritans / H.pellucens..??) or maybe a Haematobia ?

Joke

Edited by javanerkelens on 06-01-2009 21:48

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 06-01-2009 21:32

Am I mad to see Cinochira atra everywhere ? :o

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 06-01-2009 22:16

Stephane Lebrun wrote:
Am I mad to see Cinochira atra everywhere ? :o

BIG LOL :D

Cinochira is everywhere! Ubiquitous fly! And is it rare? :D

Klaas, myself and Javanerkelens did spot this fly! :D

Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 06-01-2009 22:30

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 06-01-2009 22:32

Javanerkelens, did you realize the strange behaviour of this fly? Did you notice anything in this Cinochira? ;)

Posted by javanerkelens on 06-01-2009 22:51

Javanerkelens, did you realize the strange behaviour of this fly? Did you notice anything in this Cinochira?

Uhhh....curved hind tibia or strange mouthparts or R4+5 narrowed.....and it sits stil for 3 hours on the same place in my aquarium...

Joke

Edited by javanerkelens on 06-01-2009 22:57

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 06-01-2009 23:33

hmm.... see my thread and then you will see the description of the behaviour I've observed.

Posted by javanerkelens on 06-01-2009 23:47

it waits a lot of time and rarely flies. It moves a lot the first pair of legs. The pose is very caracteristic, all body plan made a 45� with the plan of the table.

Sorry , I forgot to look at your thread...:D
I study the fly, the last hour and it seems to go fast up and down for one second and then it sits again very stil...I wil make more observations the coming days......nice!!

Joke

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 06-01-2009 23:59

Cinochira atra is a parasitoid of Drymus brunneus - a lyageid hemipteran bug. ;)

http://upload.wik...unneus.jpg

Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 07-01-2009 14:35

Posted by Louis Boumans on 07-01-2009 14:30

#10

I suppose you mean that Cinochira is a parasitoid of Drymus ..

Edited by Louis Boumans on 07-01-2009 14:31

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 07-01-2009 14:34

#11

yes, Louis! My mistake. Thanks for the correction :)

Posted by Zeegers on 07-01-2009 17:49

#12

Joke

Could you please provide more details on locality and dates and so on ?
First Cinochira ever reared in The Netherlands !
And please look for bugs (wantsen) in your terrarium. These are the (possible) hosts. Love to get an ID on those.

Stephane, I felt as paranoia as you

Theo

Posted by javanerkelens on 07-01-2009 21:04

#13

On 26 nov I put the soil in the terrarium
Soil : X199 Y526
Temp. 1-2 degree outside, soil little frosen.
Biotoop: weedland whit rotten wood,Urtica dioca,Salix alba and Salix cinerea.
Temp. inside terrarium 20-22 degree
40 days between putting soil in terrarium and appearing Cinochira atra.

There are 2-3 Scolopostethus thomsoni and one Drymus sp.(nimf) till now seen..

Joke

Edited by javanerkelens on 07-01-2009 21:10

Posted by javanerkelens on 07-01-2009 22:30

#15

I'm clueless about what is X199 Y256??:|

The coordinate of the place where the soil is found, so you can google on the precise location.
GPS= 52.43'16.21"N - 6.2'49.09" O

Joke:)