Thread subject: Diptera.info :: An urly Ulidiidae ??
#1
I think it is a Ulidiidae.....maybe a Herina sp. ??
But isn't way to urly for a Ulidiidae ??
I made the foto today(Giethoorn, Holland) and the sice was about 5 mm
Greatings Joke
#2
Geomyza tripunctata of the Opomyzidae. jan willem or someone else will correct me if I am wrong.
Posted by
Kahis on 11-02-2008 20:01
#3
Geomyza tripunctata (Opomyzidae)
#4
Ha ha...I never thought of a Opomyzidae.
It is my first Opomyzidae ....nice for my collection.
Thanks very much !!!!!
Greatings Joke
#5
Nice picture Joke! A beautiful fly
isn't it? It is indeed a female of
Geomyza tripunctata. I hardly ever find this species before May (but have seen several specimens collected earlier in the year by other dipterists). In The Netherlands this is one of the most common opomyzid species.
Posted by
Kahis on 12-02-2008 10:13
#6
Jan Willem wrote:
I hardly ever find this species before May (but have seen several specimens collected earlier in the year by other dipterists).
That's strange. It is one of the earliest flies here in Finland and I regularly find it as soon as the snow melts (in late March on the southern coast). I'd say it overwinters as an adult.
Perhaps you hardly ever collect flies before May?
#7
Kahis wrote:
Perhaps you hardly ever collect flies before May?
I have to admit that I don't collect very often before May
, but also not very often later than May. I spend more time at identifying material collected by others. It is possible that the others don't collect very often before May, because I hardly ever find specimens collected before May in collections of other dipterists.
I would be very interested in your data on Finish Opomyzidae!