Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Unknown family (edit: Sphaeroceridae), Sweden

Posted by morfa on 28-12-2007 20:34
#1
Location: Stockholm, Sweden (June 2007)
Size: 5 mm
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Best regards,

John
Edited by morfa on 28-12-2007 23:10

Posted by crex on 28-12-2007 20:47
#2
Sphaeroceridae!?

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 28-12-2007 20:49
#3
yep. Right, crex! Grin very nice spur under the femur in hind leg! Frown Shock
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 28-12-2007 20:52

Posted by Tony Irwin on 28-12-2007 21:27
#4
Copromyza nitida male (I think)

Posted by morfa on 28-12-2007 23:02
#5
Thank you very much!

BTW: what's that spur for?

//John
Edited by morfa on 28-12-2007 23:08

Posted by Tony Irwin on 28-12-2007 23:18
#6
Well - it's only found in the males ... so ... perhaps they want to cling on very tightly!

Posted by Paul Beuk on 28-12-2007 23:44
#7
That would be dear life!

Posted by Kahis on 29-12-2007 07:55
#8
...or perhaps they impress females by opening beer bottles with their legs Wink

Posted by Paul Beuk on 29-12-2007 19:28
#9
That's the way you court women in Finland, is it? That explains a lot. Grin

Posted by Andre on 30-12-2007 16:10
#10
Looking at Kahis's avatar, they do it with their teeth (drinking Bavaria, by any chance? Grin )