Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Which family?

Posted by Kelly85 on 25-08-2009 20:38
#1

Can anyone tell me to which family this one belongs? It was found in the graslands of a farm.

Posted by pwalter on 25-08-2009 20:52
#2

A blackfly, Simuliidae.

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 25-08-2009 21:03
#3

Ceratopogonidae more likely.

Posted by pwalter on 25-08-2009 22:22
#4

Yes, You should be right, now I see it also!

Posted by Xespok on 25-08-2009 22:35
#5

Most likely the female of Sphaeromias sp.