Thread subject:
Diptera.info :: fly with long legs
Posted by
shar
on 16-08-2006 20:41
#1
Dear all,
Does anyone know this fly? I can't trace him.
Thanks.
gr,
Shar
Posted by
Paul Beuk
on 16-08-2006 21:30
#2
Chironomidae, true midges. Typical way to hold the fore legs.
Posted by
Tony Irwin
on 17-08-2006 00:03
#3
And he is a she. In most genera (such as this one, which is probably
Chironomus
) the males have large bushy antennae. In some genera, notably the marine species, the males have small antennae, like the females.