Thread subject: Diptera.info :: musca autumnalis ?
Posted by oceanlis2000 on 16-12-2010 10:56
#1
Saw Nicks photos and wondered if mine were the same
Musca autumnalis, I initially thought they couldn't be identified but perhaps I'm wrong
Taken in Wales on 08 07 10, lots of pairs about in the woodland
With Best Wishes
Elisabeth
Posted by oceanlis2000 on 16-12-2010 10:57
#2
Photo 2
Posted by Juergen Peters on 16-12-2010 12:51
#3
Hello, Elisabeth!
oceanlis2000 wrote:
Musca autumnalis
I am quite sure, you're right.
Posted by nick upton on 16-12-2010 13:45
#4
I'm no taxonomist, but they look just right to me too, and I'll bet it was a warm, sunny, windless day, which the ones in my area always choose for males to gather in groups on sunlit leaves, and buzz off to chase passing females, and then form mating pairs in vegetation nearby. There were probably some cattle or horses around nearby as well; they're known as "face flies" as they target secretions from livestock especially from the eyes (and often transmit infections...) and lay eggs in dung.
Posted by oceanlis2000 on 10-01-2011 15:33
#5
Thanks very much for your replies, never thought I'd get this one sorted