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20-07-2011, 02:56 PM
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| | | 3 little flies for ID
Good afternoon folks!
Found these 2 little flies today in my Norfolk garden, I hope an ID is possible. So I can stop calling them little flies should I be calling flies like this something else like fruit flies?
Fly 1: 
Fly 2:  
Fly 2 was a bit longer I think then fly 1 and both were found in my overgrown lawn.
Fly 3:  
Fly 3 was found in a flower meadow still in Norfolk.
Thank you for looking!
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20-07-2011, 05:04 PM
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they're tephritid flies - what is the plant the bottom one is on? some kind of thistle? these flies can be very host specific
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20-07-2011, 06:13 PM
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Yep, I think they were thistles that were about 4ft high.
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20-07-2011, 08:38 PM
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I have received a message suggesting Xyphosia miliaria or commonly named the thistle gall fly for number 3, after making some checks this looks good to me. Any complaints? 
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21-07-2011, 07:26 PM
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Got a suggestion for Geomyza species for number 1, how about Geomyza tripunctata ?
Another suggestion for Opomyza species for number 2.
I'm going to have a look at the species.
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Evening Anz,
Agree with 1 and 3. Second - I think there is a similar-looking Lauxaniid; wouldn't mind working with those smaller groups next year!
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23-07-2011, 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Jason Green  Evening Anz,
Agree with 1 and 3. Second - I think there is a similar-looking Lauxaniid; wouldn't mind working with those smaller groups next year!
Take care,
Jason | Thank you Jason 
They are very interesting, I really need a better macro lens to help with IDs of these little guys though, and some good literature.
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