Posted by conopid on 04-12-2010 19:27
#1
Is this Notiphila caudata? I have keyed it to this species, but it looks different from the photos in the gallery. Size 3mm. UK 15 August 2010.
Posted by Tony Irwin on 04-12-2010 21:43
#2
No, it's Sphaeroceridae, something like
Rachispoda. (Note the very short hind metatarsus, and the bowed cubital vein)
Posted by conopid on 04-12-2010 23:33
#3
Thanks Tony. No wonder I couldn't key it!! Must look harder and not make assumptions.
Edited by conopid on 04-12-2010 23:34