Thread subject: Diptera.info :: 2 more flies

Posted by Peter Ede on 11-09-2009 06:49
#1

Hope you guys don't mind me asking for id?

One I think is either a signal fly or a fruit fly
The other I have no idea

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All taken in my yard
Thanks

Posted by ChrisR on 11-09-2009 09:22
#2

Hi Peter

[just as a matter of protocol we normally post different species in different threads - it makes follow-up replies much easier to follow ;)]

I don't think that the top photo shows enough (others might be able to do more). The second photo shows a fly from the family Tephritidae - gall formers on certain plants :)

Posted by Peter Ede on 11-09-2009 09:29
#3

Ah thanks Chris. Sorry I just didn't think about it like that.
All I can tell of the first is it was very small. About 4mm in length and has big eyes. Very hard to get a good clear shot of something so small