Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sciaridae - Sciara sp.?

Posted by tim worfolk on 30-06-2009 15:36
#1

Am I correct in thinking this is a Sciara sp.? And if so, is it possible to determine which species?

30/6/2009; Devon, England

thanks

Tim

Posted by tim worfolk on 30-06-2009 15:36
#2

pair about to mate

Posted by phil withers on 01-07-2009 09:23
#3

Almost certainly hemerobioides: if you had waited a second longer, the male might have been in view in the 2nd pic.

Posted by tim worfolk on 01-07-2009 15:13
#4

Thanks Phil. I did get more shots of course, but things got a bit frantic after this one and all were too blurred to be of use.

Tim