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 Tiny Fly Visiting Crocus Flower
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| Stephen |
Posted on 29-03-2006 00:56
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Lots and lots of these little flies were visiting crocus. The flies measured 4 mm not counting the antennae. It is good to see the insects out feeding after what seems like a long winter. ID help appreciated! Date was 27 March 2006. Location: West Virginia, USA. Stephen attached the following image:  [51.81Kb] Edited by Stephen on 29-03-2006 01:13 --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 29-03-2006 02:43
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14392 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Stephen! I'm no expert and I don't know the nearctic diptera fauna, but I think I can already say that this fly belongs to the family Empididae ("dance flies"). Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 29-03-2006 07:00
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
It appears to be a small species of Rhamphomyia. I am not familiar with the Nearctic fauna so I will not hazard a guess to what species it might be.
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 29-03-2006 11:09
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Juergen, Paul, thanks very much for the ID!
--Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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