Thread subject: Diptera.info :: a haired fly

Posted by lweit on 16-04-2012 17:48
#1
I've catched this little fly in NE of France, between Metz and Thionville, length 3 mm

Posted by lweit on 16-04-2012 17:49
#2
another photo

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 16-04-2012 17:49
#3
Simuliidae.

Posted by lweit on 16-04-2012 17:51
#4
The head

Thank you
Louis
Edited by lweit on 16-04-2012 17:51

Posted by John Carr on 17-04-2012 13:12
#5
Probably a Simulium (apparently the dominant genus in Western Europe).

In the family, males are usually holoptic and females have separate eyes.