[ID] Diptera ?

Action_Man · #1 (**permalink**) 07-06-2009, 10:27 AM

I presume this is a fly, around 3mms long ...

Jason Green · #2 (**permalink**) 07-06-2009, 10:46 AM

Hi Gordon,

I've seen the same myself - several times. The closest I've got is Bibio or Dilophus sp., a so-called Harlequin fly in the Bibionidae family. I haven't seen one ID'd with the detail on the wings, but with the distinctive swollen femur.

Action_Man · #3 (**permalink**) 07-06-2009, 11:02 AM

Thanks Jason, you seem to have got it down to family level very nicely.

A strange little fly, seems to stay in the same place all the time, and is very reluctant to fly, it just walks about everywhere, even when i tickle it with a piece of grass

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Dogghound · #4 (**permalink**) 07-06-2009, 02:37 PM

Its one of the Tachydromia species, which belong to the Hybotidae family. possibly something like Tachydromia arrogans although several very similar species that probrably need genital examination.

Action_Man · #5 (**permalink**) 07-06-2009, 03:42 PM

Thank you, i like to find out what they are, so i can try and find out what there up to

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Jason Green · #6 (**permalink**) 07-06-2009, 11:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dogghound

Its one of the Tachydromia species, which belong to the Hybotidae family.

but, it's head is... so Bibionidae-like! Ah well, I suppose that's all part of the fun of inverts; you think you know something, and then a whole new family come along and confuse things...