Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Is this a Diptera?

Posted by Larry Shone on 30-10-2011 13:25
#1
I was goin to post it in other insects as I didnt think it was a Dipteran, but posting is disabled in there for now. Anyway these were spooted outside near the lamp at night, and are really small, with wings folded steeply over the back so that from the side they look like a triangle shaped tent. They look a little like the whitefly you find in greenhouses but i think theyre smaller. And not white. Cant find them in my Collins guide so have no idea where to start. Psocid?

img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Dawnrider/Nature/smallfly.jpg

Posted by tristram on 30-10-2011 13:33
#2
Looks like Psychodidae: http://www.dipter...lbum_id=83

Posted by Sara21392 on 30-10-2011 13:36
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tristram wrote:
Looks like Psychodidae: http://www.dipter...lbum_id=83


I think so! :)

Posted by Larry Shone on 30-10-2011 13:42
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tristram wrote:
Looks like Psychodidae: http://www.dipter...lbum_id=83


Thaks tristram!!

Posted by Larry Shone on 30-10-2011 13:53
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Thanks Sara, heres another shot of one:
img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Dawnrider/Nature/smallfly02.jpg

Posted by Gunnar M Kvifte on 31-10-2011 11:44
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The genus is Psychoda.

Posted by Larry Shone on 31-10-2011 12:51
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Gunnar M Kvifte wrote:
The genus is Psychoda.


Yes thanks! P. alternata?

Posted by Gunnar M Kvifte on 31-10-2011 15:37
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No, alternata has black spots at the tips of the wing veins.