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 Black Psychodidae (01.10.23)
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 21-10-2023 08:29
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14115 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, several of these tiny (2 mm) Psychodids I find at the bathroom sink since a week or two(northwest Germany). Juergen Peters attached the following image:  [37.44Kb] Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| weia |
Posted on 21-10-2023 08:35
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I don't know. It has the wings folded, so it should be a Psychoda spec. But they are anything between white and grey, not blackish. Try to make more pictures. And when you find a dead one, look at the last segments of the antennae under a miscroscope. |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 21-10-2023 10:56
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14115 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello weia, thank you for your reply. weia wrote: they are anything between white and grey, not blackish. I know the "normal" Psychodas, but this is not a single case. There are several of them, all completely black. I have also seen a mating couple. Try to make more pictures. I will try, but I doubt, that I will get much better photos. They are so small... And when you find a dead one, look at the last segments of the antennae under a miscroscope. I can only try a magnifying glass, I don't own a microscope. Edited by Juergen Peters on 21-10-2023 11:05 Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 21-10-2023 11:08
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14115 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, I have just tried to shoot a better pic of an antenna. Juergen Peters attached the following image:  [45.12Kb] Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| weia |
Posted on 21-10-2023 12:34
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You come quite far with the antenna. I have only knowledge of the species of the Netherlands and Belgium, so with some reserve: it looks like subspecies Psychoda, which in my region contains 3 species. It looks much like Psychoda (Psychoda) crassipennis, but I have never seen one in a collection, so I don't know its colour. Crassipennis means 'thick wing' |
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| weia |
Posted on 21-10-2023 12:35
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Member Location: Posts: 421 Joined: 10.07.11 |
Did you watch the mating behaviour? Before and how they find each other, duration? |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 21-10-2023 18:03
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14115 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Thanks again for your reply. weia wrote: Did you watch the mating behaviour? Before and how they find each other, duration? I only saw one couple already together, abdomen to abdomen. They sat there at the wall quite a while. Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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