Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fly from the Christmas night :-)

Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-12-2007 00:53
#1
Hello!

The only fly this evening at 0 ?C in the garden (near banana fruit bait) here (Ostwestfalen/Germany). Size only 2 mm. Can more be said about it than just "Drosophila obscura group"? Thanks and happy (remaining) holday(s)!


Larger pictures:
http://www.foto-u...f1_big.jpg
http://www.foto-u...f2_big.jpg

Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-12-2007 00:54
#2
Another picture.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 26-12-2007 01:07
#3
Drosophila is right. More... only with experts for this family. Smile

Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-12-2007 19:37
#4
jorgemotalmeida wrote:
Drosophila is right. More... only with experts for this family. Smile


Thank, Jorge! I hope, they will take a look... Wink

Posted by Paul Beuk on 26-12-2007 21:09
#5
The necessary details are not visible.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-12-2007 22:10
#6
Hello, Paul!

Paul Beuk wrote:
The necessary details are not visible.


Thanks nevertheless! But it is from the D. obscura group?

Posted by Paul Beuk on 26-12-2007 23:54
#7
Ayuh!

Posted by Juergen Peters on 27-12-2007 00:43
#8
Paul Beuk wrote:
Ayuh!


Thanks, Paul! Seems by far the most numerous Drosophilid in late autumn and winter here.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 27-12-2007 16:08
#9
Hello!

Paul Beuk wrote:
The necessary details are not visible.


These pics possibly better? From late afternoon today at banana in garden.
BTW: Only other Brachycera in the garden today was a Tephrochlamys sp. (Heleomyzidae). Unfortunately no photo... Additionally there were some Sciarids and Anisopodids.

www.foto-upload.de/diptera/071227/Drosophila_cf_obscura_1.jpg
www.foto-upload.de/diptera/071227/Drosophila_cf_obscura_2.jpg
www.foto-upload.de/diptera/071227/Drosophila_cf_obscura_3.jpg
Edited by Juergen Peters on 27-12-2007 16:31

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 27-12-2007 18:07
#10
sciarids have a very curious behavior. I saw some sciarids in Citrus sinensis beating very fast their wings. I don't know if it was to keep them more warm... they always were alone. I wonder the reasons concerning this behavior. Lonchopteridae are very common on grass these days - Lonchoptera spp.