Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Milichiidae??

Posted by lynkos on 19-09-2005 18:40
#1
These flies cluster irritatingly around me and my pup in hundreds, but don't seem to to anything but hitch a lift. Could they be Milichiidae? And what attracts them to us in such numbers?

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Thanks, Smile Sarah

Posted by Kahis on 19-09-2005 19:41
#2
I don't think they are milichids. How large are they? They look more like muscids, perhaps even Musca.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 19-09-2005 21:59
#3
I agree with Muscidae, but I think they may be too small for Musca.

Posted by lynkos on 20-09-2005 05:39
#4
They are about 4/5 mm long, Sarah