Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Long legged fly on the water
Posted by lynkos on 26-04-2009 10:12
#1
I come and I go, a bit like the tide! And here I am back with a long legged fly found walking on algae growing in a torrential pool in central Italy at about 700 m. Can anyone help with an ID? Thanks, the long absent Sarah.
Edited by lynkos on 26-04-2009 10:18
Posted by Stefan Naglis on 26-04-2009 10:25
#2
Considering the wing venation it is not a long-legged fly (Dolichopodidae)
Posted by lynkos on 26-04-2009 10:26
#3
Sorry, I was using the term in its layman's sense of a fly with long legs :|! Hope I didn't create confusion.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 26-04-2009 11:29
#4
Empididae, Clinocerinae
Posted by igor on 26-04-2009 22:05
#5
Hi Nikita!
You are right.
Igor
Posted by lynkos on 27-04-2009 03:59
#6
Thanks to you all for your answers. It's good to be back and to see so many familiar names. I've got a couple of other fly pics taken a couple of days ago on the dunes sitting in a folder waiting for an ID, as soon as I've got a momento to proccess them, I'll be back, Sarah.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 27-04-2009 07:13
#7
Collect all Clinocerinae, put them in alcohol, and ship them to me. :D
Posted by lynkos on 27-04-2009 12:11
#8
Sorry, I just photograph the flies ;)!
Posted by Paul Beuk on 27-04-2009 12:37
#9
Well, if you want to have all the names that might need to change... ;)
Posted by lynkos on 27-04-2009 13:34
#10
I'm lucky Paul, I'm an enthusiast and photographer, not a specialist. So although I'm fascinated in every aspect of the nature I see and photograph, I only really need to know in as much detail as can be seen from my shots, so more often than not, just to know the family is fine for my purposes. I'm quite happy to leave the complicated stuff to you experts!!!