Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Heleomyzidae: dusted Suillia (12.11.10)
Posted by Juergen Peters on 13-11-2010 21:40
#1
Hello!
A 9 mm
Suillia from our gardenshed yesterday afternoon (northwest Germany). Unfortunately this is the only photo.
Posted by rvanderweele on 13-11-2010 21:48
#2
I am so sorry, Juergen, but I am afraid the photo is too unclear. Are there the variegata markings on the wings? I am not sure at all.
Posted by rvanderweele on 13-11-2010 21:51
#3
BTW, I was looking outside today as well, but I did not see any Suillia. It is now the correct time for looking for Orbellia's, Oldenbergiella's, but not in the Netherlands. :(
Posted by Juergen Peters on 13-11-2010 22:14
#4
Hello, Ruud!
Thank you. There are at least some darker shadows in the wings, but I think, not as contrasted as in
S. variegata. My first impression also was of a much bigger
Suillia than that species (normally only 5-6 mm here).
rvanderweele wrote:
BTW, I was looking outside today as well, but I did not see any Suillia. It is now the correct time for looking for Orbellia's, Oldenbergiella's, but not in the Netherlands. :(
I did not find those genera, yet (ever, not only this autumn). But I have four or five other unknown Heleomyzidae from yesterday to post ;) (I'm just examining the photos).
Posted by phil withers on 13-11-2010 22:20
#5
Orbellia and
Oldenbergiella seem to be among the cold-adapted genera, active on cadavers in winter - it may even be too early yet to be looking !l
Posted by rvanderweele on 13-11-2010 22:23
#6
I collected the first Orbellia hiemalis on november 15, and the first Oldenbergiella on november 3rd, in Budapest
Posted by rvanderweele on 13-11-2010 22:24
#7
But, indeed, I collected them till February.