Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Mating Phoridae

Posted by Josef Buecker on 12-05-2010 16:07
#1

Hello Forum,
need help with this pair of flies. Family? Genus? ID? Hagen, Germany, beech forest, 150msm, 09. May 2010,
Best regards, Josef

Edited by Josef Buecker on 12-05-2010 16:56

Posted by Josef Buecker on 12-05-2010 16:10
#2

dorsal view

Edited by Josef Buecker on 12-05-2010 16:23

Posted by Sundew on 12-05-2010 16:46
#3

Phoridae. More than difficult...

Posted by Larry Shone on 12-05-2010 16:54
#4

Sundew wrote:
Phoridae. More than difficult...

So these are the legendary Phorid flies eh-the scourge of the Tarantula keeper!

Posted by bbrown on 03-06-2010 00:40
#5

yes, but a different genus than the pest in tarantula cages (Megaselia scalaris). This one is a Diplonevra sp.