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 Today's Mycetophilidae Theme
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| Stephen |
Posted on 11-11-2006 15:49
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Among the sugar-feeders were these two Mycetophilids, different from the two species I posted before. For one thing, they have spots on their wings. Also, the leg spines are unusually stout, especially on the second fly posted below. I'll post four pictures, two of Fly #1 and two of Fly #2. For each fly, one of the two photos is a cropped version to show the wing with larger detail. Photographed yesterday, woodlands, West Virginia USA. For Fly #1 (first two photos) the measurement was 4.4 mm from the front of the eyes to the rear of the wing. Stephen attached the following image:  [174.3Kb] Edited by Stephen on 16-11-2006 11:05 --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 11-11-2006 15:50
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Fly #1 again, cropped to show wing detail.
Stephen attached the following image:  [67.15Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 11-11-2006 15:52
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Here is the second fly. It measured 5.6 mm from the front of the eyes to the rear of the abdomen.
Stephen attached the following image:  [109.94Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 11-11-2006 15:54
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Here's the same photo of Fly #2, cropped to show more wing detail. Note those stout, paired leg spines!
Stephen attached the following image:  [92.27Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 16-11-2006 10:59
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Moving these two images up to join Andre's two posts, as part of a diptera.info Mycetophilidae party.
--Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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