Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Small pair of flies for ID

Posted by Toby on 26-05-2010 22:07
#1

mating in long grass, Richmond Park this evening


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Posted by Sundew on 26-05-2010 22:30
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Phoridae - very nice picture! The little ones are difficult to photograph, usually they are running wildly around, even in copula.

Posted by Toby on 26-05-2010 22:44
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Sundew wrote:
Phoridae - very nice picture! The little ones are difficult to photograph, usually they are running wildly around, even in copula.


thanks, probably the fact that it was late and a bit cooler slowed them down; different species to Scuttle flies I normally find.

Posted by bbrown on 29-05-2010 01:24
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These are Phora sp.

Brian