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07-07-2011, 08:45 AM
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| | | Help please...what are these??
I have a load of these flies congragating around every window in my flat. Any idea what they are and how to get rid??    |
07-07-2011, 08:52 AM
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| | | Re: Help please...what are these??
Hard to tell (for me) from those pics, but they look like those flying ants. we had a number around the outside of the house last week.
Nige |
07-07-2011, 08:58 AM
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| | | Re: Help please...what are these??
Definitely not ants. They are really small flies, maybe 2 mm with wings approx 50% longer than their bodies. They just seem to hang around the windows and not do much. |
07-07-2011, 12:11 PM
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| | | Re: Help please...what are these??
Afternoon FN, and welcome to WAB! 
They will be small Barkflies, an Ectopsocus species. Harmless.
Take care, Jason |
07-07-2011, 12:20 PM
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| | | Re: Help please...what are these??
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Originally Posted by Jason Green  Afternoon FN, and welcome to WAB!
They will be small Barkflies, an Ectopsocus species. Harmless.
Take care, Jason | Thanks,
Are you 100% certain of this? I was concerned they are drain-flies.
And why would I have so many of these amassing around the inside of my windows? |
07-07-2011, 02:35 PM
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| | | Re: Help please...what are these??
The wings are too clear and posteriorly-produced for Psychodids. The all-dark body and flatly-held wings are a typical appearance for the aforementioned. |
07-07-2011, 02:53 PM
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| | | Re: Help please...what are these??
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Originally Posted by Jason Green The wings are too clear and posteriorly-produced for Psychodids. The all-dark body and flatly-held wings are a typical appearance for the aforementioned. | Thanks.
Any idea how to get rid?? |
07-07-2011, 04:41 PM
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| | | Re: Help please...what are these??
Well, they are harmless and no doubt attracted by a nearby pot-plant (if you have one!). Just keep brushing the area clear. they are typically insects of the outdoors. | | |
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