Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ceratopogonidae sp. Full ID please

Posted by MickETalbot on 20-12-2012 00:30
#1
Found on tree trunks, and flying around my compost bin. Lincoln GBR.
Date: 29th October 2011
Size: ≈3mm

www.ispot.org.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/mid/images/22400/e835147680226aa3c03ad622bcc66207.jpg

Wishing all a very merry, merry Xmas, and a Dipterastic 2013 ;)

PS Ceratopogonidae has been suggested...now confirmed...is a full ID possible, hope so..? :)
Edited by MickETalbot on 20-12-2012 01:32

Posted by Andrzej on 20-12-2012 00:33
#2
Ceratopogonids are OK!
Edited by Andrzej on 20-12-2012 00:33

Posted by MickETalbot on 20-12-2012 01:35
#3
Many thanks Andrzej,
Hoping for a full iD now...

Posted by John Carr on 20-12-2012 02:03
#4
One of the Forcipomyia bipunctata lookalikes. I don't know how many species are in that category.

Larvae of some Forcipomyia live under bark.

Posted by MickETalbot on 20-12-2012 18:11
#5
Many thanks,
I am sure I have replied and thanked you a few times John, hope this one registers.