Posted by blowave on 07-11-2010 21:21
#1
Hello!
I saw one other post recently which looked like this, and was said to be Phytosciara sp.
Is this correct, and if so is a species possible? Size ~5mm.
6th November, on Ivy, my garden near Lincoln UK.
I was wondering about
Phytosciara halterata, in the sub-genus Phytosciara as that is the only species included there, but there are other Phytosciara species in other sub-genus sections. I have Ranunculus which P. halterata leaf mines, there is some nearby at the water's edge where the Ivy is.
http://www.ukflym...erata.html
2 pics
Janet :)
Posted by phil withers on 08-11-2010 13:23
#3
Female sciarid = impossible (sorry for the negative vibes, but some things are just not meant to be...)
Posted by blowave on 08-11-2010 15:19
#4
phil withers wrote:
Female sciarid = impossible (sorry for the negative vibes, but some things are just not meant to be...)
Doesn't my fly look like the one in
this thread?
xylo seemed to be quite certain there was only one sciarid which resembled Mycetophilidae.
Edited by blowave on 08-11-2010 15:29