Gunnar M Kvifte 17 November 2010 18:52:21

Sphaerocephala europaea? Yay!

Roger Thomason 17 November 2010 17:47:24

A reply that would put a smile on the face of Odin himself Hakon . Don't know what Thor might have thought of it. New hair parting with an axe for me for bringing up the subject I suppose

cyprinoid 17 November 2010 13:47:20

Roger: I guess Vikings always were easily amused; it is just what we find amusing that has changed.

pwalter 16 November 2010 22:26:43

Today I saw a hundred specimens of the European Stalk-Eyed Fly! (in a lab culture at our University). Fotos later maybe...

Roger Thomason 16 November 2010 16:09:48

Multinationals are now doing it globally on an industrial scale, thought you might have noticed.

Paul Beuk 16 November 2010 09:50:29

Nowadays, these are only practiced on the Shetlands...

Roger Thomason 16 November 2010 02:09:31

Hours of fun? Vikings seem to be easily amused these days....Whatever happened to the good old days of rape and pillage!

cyprinoid 15 November 2010 21:43:51

Hours of fun: http://www.curiou...

rvanderweele 14 November 2010 19:29:21

while running a 10K I saw quite some Calliphoridae flying. And no, I did not drink wine before putting on my running shoes!

rvanderweele 14 November 2010 13:25:33

I don't like the use of alcohol. I rather drink it It is easy to put the flies on EtOH, but to use them laater becomes a nuisance.

Paul Beuk 14 November 2010 00:06:02

Micropinning IMO is better than glueing, but I put most in alcohol these days.

rvanderweele 13 November 2010 21:21:51

Who of you is glueing tiny flies on cards? Until now I am used to minuten pins, but read that glueing has certain advantages.

KWQ 13 November 2010 19:35:52

Haven't heard of any. I guess that like there were "developing countries", Chloropidae are "developing fly families" .

Sara21392 13 November 2010 15:49:00

I’m so thanks from you and your attention, I have a question: Are there any web sites that I can download them or no? again thanks a lot!

KWQ 13 November 2010 13:30:26

To continue: Check also Hugo Andersson's generic key and Entomologica Fennica papers from the 1990's.

KWQ 13 November 2010 13:28:38

In general, Narthuk's key in Bei-Bienko (Keys to the insects of the European part of Russia) leads to the right track, but in the Oscinellinae part I prefer Collin's old (1945) British key.

Sara21392 12 November 2010 20:42:50

palaearctic please!

Paul Beuk 12 November 2010 20:09:04

What region?

Sara21392 12 November 2010 10:31:19

Please guide me! How can I get newest of identification key about Chloropidae family?thank you very much

rvanderweele 11 November 2010 20:24:35

No, Daniel, the subcosta does not reach the costa in Sphaeroceridae