Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Black Nematocera? - on the window

Posted by gedra on 15-10-2009 19:14
#1

Hi, found this little black Nematocera(?) species inside my bedroom window beginning of May. Location: Oslo, Norway
Which family is it?

rgds

Geir

Posted by Roger Thomason on 15-10-2009 19:17
#2

Ceratopogonidae...Biting Midge I think.

Posted by gedra on 15-10-2009 19:22
#3

Hmmm... do they fly as high as 4th floor? I've never been bitten at this height - but this is a male i guess.

rgds
Geir

Posted by Roger Thomason on 15-10-2009 19:26
#4

We get them at the top of the highest hill in Shetland which is 1400ft +, so I don't think height is an issue.

Regards Roger

Posted by Paul Beuk on 15-10-2009 22:05
#5

I'd say chironomid, something near Smittia