Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Large fluffy fly - Scotland (Cephenemyia)

Posted by djo on 20-06-2014 14:11
#1
Large fluffy fly in Scotland (photographed recently by a friend). Has a feeling of Oestridae to me, but the only thing I know about is Drosophila. And it's not one of those....
Edited by djo on 20-06-2014 14:44

Posted by djo on 20-06-2014 14:12
#2
Assuming it is even a fly. Have I embarrassed myself here?

Posted by John Carr on 20-06-2014 14:31
#3
I think Cephenemyia. Larvae in noses of Cervidae ("deer nose bot flies"Wink.

Posted by djo on 20-06-2014 14:44
#4
Thank you!

Posted by Tony Irwin on 20-06-2014 17:04
#5
Such a cute fly! Only ever seen it once.

Posted by ChrisR on 20-06-2014 18:06
#6
Very, very nice find - they are extremely rare these days because domesticated livestock are soaked in insecticides these days Sad Please post your record in to iRecord so that it can be mapped. There isn't an Oestrid recording scheme but I'd be happy to add them to our scope Smile

Posted by djo on 20-06-2014 18:19
#7
Not my find! Credit goes to a friend of mine. It was probably living up the noses of one of these guys http://rumdeer.bi...-hall-fame , who're certainly not soaked in insecticide!