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16-05-2010, 08:25 AM
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| | | Small black fly
About 7mm long from woodland ride. I think it is a scatopsid and the nearest I can find is Scatopse notata but this seems to have darker wings than those illustrated.  |
16-05-2010, 09:33 AM
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| | | Re: Small black fly
Morning Peter,
It's the true St. Mark's Fly, Bibio marci - female.
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16-05-2010, 09:53 AM
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| | | Re: Small black fly
Thanks Jason. Don't now how I missed that 
Best wishes
Peter |
16-05-2010, 09:56 AM
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| | | Re: Small black fly
I'd say Fever fly, Dilophus fibrilis female.
Smaller than St. marks fly, with a ring of little spines around the bottom of the front leg tibia.
Last edited by squishy; 16-05-2010 at 09:58 AM.
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16-05-2010, 10:01 AM
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| | | Re: Small black fly
Sorry, I think it's actually a Dilophus sp.! Still a Bibionidae member, but the number of spines at the basal end of the front tibia are a key part here - Bibio has just two spines.
I thought 7mm was a little small, I just checked and the male marci I collected yesterday is 12mm long!
EDIT: Just beaten to it by Adam!
Last edited by Jason Green; 16-05-2010 at 10:02 AM.
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16-05-2010, 04:58 PM
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| | | Re: Small black fly
I've been thinking about this all day ( off & on - I do do other things ) because I wasn't happy about the size. I had just decided it was Dilophus fibrilis & decided to post it, only to find that I was well beaten ! At least I have the satisfaction of identifying it myself 
Anyway, thanks again Jason & Adam | | |
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