Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bubble-blowing Muscidae?

Posted by Ray Perry on 17-11-2021 10:47
#1

Seen on my house wall next to a compost box on a sunny day.
Is it just a Musca domestica?
30th Aug.2021
sequence:-
17:4541-
17:4813
17:4818
17:4819
17:4823

Flensburg, N.Germany @ 54.756072 9.421927

Many Thanks in advance

Edited by Ray Perry on 17-11-2021 10:51

Posted by Ray Perry on 17-11-2021 10:47
#2

@ 17:4818

Edited by Ray Perry on 17-11-2021 10:52

Posted by Ray Perry on 17-11-2021 10:49
#3

At 17:45 getting ready to blow.

Posted by Ray Perry on 17-11-2021 10:50
#4

@ 17:4710

Posted by eklans on 17-11-2021 11:27
#5

Muscidae is correct, but not Musca - looks more like Phaonia but I'm not sure yet. Flies ruminate like their big friends, the cattle.