Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Very tiny killerfly?

Posted by Iolaire on 19-09-2007 12:37
#1
Hi everybody,

I found this very tiny fly in my garden on september 12th. Is it lonchaeidae?
Can anyone give me an ID and even more interesting: is the other tiny fly in the picture its prey or perhaps its mate that just passed away? I haven't got a clue!

Cheers!

waarneming.nl/fotonew/5/227295.jpg

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 19-09-2007 17:11
#2
Maybe Coenosia atra of Muscidae. Very tiny picture.

Greetings.

Posted by Tony Irwin on 20-09-2007 00:45
#3
I would agree with Coenosia atra.

Posted by Iolaire on 20-09-2007 08:23
#4
Thank you Stephane and Tony!

I'm amazed by this measure of identification! Bravo!Grin

Sincerely.
Edited by Iolaire on 20-09-2007 08:23

Posted by crex on 20-09-2007 09:15
#5
It looks a bit like my fly, but I guess C.atra is much smaller ... It is hard to see any detail on the photo above.