Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Small Black Fly

Posted by Roger Thomason on 07-09-2009 23:32
#1

Another one from this afternoon...casually blowing a bubble in a 50mph gale...gives not a jot
Bet it won't be doing it tomorrow..80mph forecast.
Any idea who this soon to be shredded fly is/was.

Size....used to be 3mm ish.

Edited by Roger Thomason on 07-09-2009 23:33

Posted by lagura on 07-09-2009 23:57
#2

Male Anthomyiidae. Perhaps a Lasiomma sp.
Nice bubble. Looks like vodka :D

Edited by lagura on 08-09-2009 00:00

Posted by Roger Thomason on 08-09-2009 00:11
#3

Cheers Lars
I found 6 or 7 different flies all blowing bubbles. Maybe having a clean-up before getting shredded by the wind forecast for tomorrow...premonition or something.

Spookily....Roger