Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ornithomya ?
Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 01-08-2010 17:29
#1
hi flyforum,
This afternoon I was surprised to see this kind of fly on bark of a tree.
I've never seen them in this area..
Perhabs they are mostly found on birds?
Is it Ornithomya?
Must be difficult species I guess :D
place: Amsterdam forest
date: 1-08-2010
greeting Robert
Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 01-08-2010 17:30
#2
picture 2
Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 01-08-2010 17:30
Posted by Paul Beuk on 01-08-2010 20:24
#3
Correct ID. Usually found on birds, indeed.
Posted by Zeegers on 03-08-2010 13:04
#4
Ornithomyia strongly favours birds breeding in threeholes. But when the host leaves the hole... you need to move. That is what might have happened here.
Anyway, it is Ornithomyia avicularia, our most common species (hosts are bigger holebreeders, from Great Tit upwards)
Theo