jorgemotalmeida 09 December 2010 13:29:24

Congrats, Joke!

Paul Beuk 09 December 2010 09:48:45

Joke hits the big 5. Happy Birthday!

Andrzej 08 December 2010 19:34:19

flies in Amber ???

jorgemotalmeida 08 December 2010 19:25:39

http://www.bbc.co...t-11948321

jorgemotalmeida 08 December 2010 17:42:57

Mormotomyia hirsuta Thyreophora cynophila rediscoveries of 2010. Which will be the next fly rediscovery?

Andre Burgers 08 December 2010 15:55:58

Mormotomyia hirsuta rediscovered!!!

Andrzej 07 December 2010 18:57:02

It should be named as a thysanopter fly or thrips-like fly

rvanderweele 07 December 2010 18:45:16

Truly, Jorge, when I saw the fly at first I thought it was a sunspider!

jorgemotalmeida 07 December 2010 11:32:10

I would never expect that a fly could be so similar as a solifugid! Incredible!

proctoss 07 December 2010 00:50:46

Lost diptera - Monster flies back from the dead! http://blog.insec...rg/?p=2183

rvanderweele 03 December 2010 19:45:39

I just ran a 5km with my wife. It is here now -3degr. C. The coming days temperatures will go up again.

jorgemotalmeida 03 December 2010 19:41:23

Nearly -1 ºC here in Viseu. Very atypical temperature for this region.

rvanderweele 03 December 2010 19:23:37

Daniel, I would like to add that there are many more species of other families with the characteristic, which you mention.

rvanderweele 03 December 2010 19:22:20

No, a family is not really characterized or defined by a single character. Most Sphaeroceridae have certainly the first segment of hind tarsi short and swollen, but it is one of many characteristics

daniel86 03 December 2010 18:53:50

question!... in Sphaeroceridae, the first segment of hind tarsi short, swollen, shorter than second segment, is the characteristic that it defines the family?

rvanderweele 03 December 2010 06:30:54

Listen buddy, if you manage to update this every day until May 10th, you have at least my respect!

Roger Thomason 03 December 2010 00:13:58

NB. Only Five Months and SEVEN days till RUUD'S BIRTHDAY....The Countdown HAS BEGUN http://www.superl...aybaby.htm

rvanderweele 02 December 2010 22:20:27

And I know you are the kind of person to actually check it on May 10th!

Paul Beuk 02 December 2010 16:28:18

Yippie!

rvanderweele 02 December 2010 15:22:01

just forget it! I won't visit diptera.info on that day!!