Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sphaeroceridae ?

Posted by Stephen on 25-10-2006 10:56
#1
Maybe Sphaeroceridae? I'm going mostly on the long arista and general appearance.

Wetland, near woodland, 18 September 2006, West Virginia USA, length 2.1 mm.

ID help appreciated!

Posted by Paul Beuk on 25-10-2006 12:36
#2
No problems there, spot on.

Posted by Stephen on 25-10-2006 23:02
#3
Thanks, Paul! Looking back at my files, I see that just minutes after photographing this one, I photographed another Sphaerocerid (I already posted that photo here on diptera.info) but the fly shown on this page was exactly half the size of the other one.
Edited by Stephen on 25-10-2006 23:04

Posted by Paul Beuk on 26-10-2006 08:39
#4
Some species have a considerable variation in size but this seems to be a little tto big for it to be the same species.