Thread subject: Diptera.info :: small flies..

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 30-04-2006 01:00
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Yesterday I spent some tim in the forest(Amsterdam) and found some small flies on rumex acetosa. These flies remind me of Chlorops-sp., but in this different world of tiny flies everything could be different! I tried to make a good picture of it but the wind spoils a lot..

What kind of fly is this?

greeting, Robert Heemskerk

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 30-04-2006 01:00
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picture 2
Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 30-04-2006 01:01

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 30-04-2006 01:01
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picture 3
Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 30-04-2006 01:01

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 30-04-2006 04:51
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Hi Robert.
Picture 2 - is good picture of flying of fly.
It is Agromyzidae.
Nikita

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 30-04-2006 10:33
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Thank you very much Nikita.

Agromyzidae is a enormous group I read, we have almost 5000 native species! Smile

'Good picture of flying of fly'; specific fly-behaviour of this kind of fly? or generality?

I remember that the fly was moving it's frontlegs fast in the air before lifting of.., maiby that's what you meant with it.

greetings, Robert

Posted by Jan Willem on 30-04-2006 12:57
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Hi Robert,

Agromyzidae is indeed a large family. As far as I know identification of specimens of this family is a job for specialists. Certainly for females (as in the case of your specimen).

Jan Willem

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 30-04-2006 14:27
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I will not put my hands in the firePfft

thanks anyway for your comment!

Robert