jorgemotalmeida 04 January 2009 20:50:53

Venecia tourists are good collectors of guano in their hats I will try to see if I can rear some Heleomyzids. I have plenty Ferrero Rocher boxes.

Andrzej 04 January 2009 20:17:49

Jorge ! Heleomyzid' larvae are often guano eaters . Maybe you should look for Imagines ?

jorgemotalmeida 04 January 2009 17:57:28

not bad, Jarif! One spider, lol! At least, you can appreciate the northern lights outside . Lucky you!

JariF 04 January 2009 17:00:31

-10 dark and cold. Only living thing is a spider in our bathroom Three long months to go before next season

jorgemotalmeida 04 January 2009 14:38:33

15 ºC and very sunny here today! very pleasant. Hybotids, chironomids, some muscids makes the feast. and some Salix caprea beginning to blossom!! Earlier than usual!

Stephane Lebrun 02 January 2009 12:33:07

I'll do it for sure !

jorgemotalmeida 01 January 2009 22:41:31

Stéphane, look for Achanthiptera rohrelliformis

lagura 01 January 2009 22:33:45

My best wishes for the new year to all!

Stephane Lebrun 01 January 2009 21:29:41

Happy new year friends !

Roger Thomason 01 January 2009 16:07:09

I should be a proof reader for the Guardian, better known as the Grauniad

Andrzej 01 January 2009 14:50:21

Szczesliwego Nowego Roku ! (in Polish) Happy New Year ! corrected !!! I should to buy a new keyboard

Roger Thomason 01 January 2009 13:51:30

Andrzej, polish with a lower case "p" means to clean or shine with a cloth. Pedantically,Roger. Happy New Year

jorgemotalmeida 01 January 2009 01:45:31

Andrzej ... and soon some more news from Portugal.

jorgemotalmeida 01 January 2009 01:44:59

Hi ALL! Bom Ano!

crex 01 January 2009 00:10:16

Gott Nytt År!

Andrzej 31 December 2008 22:49:48

see at http://pte.au.poznan.pl/dipteron/ under bulletin (vol. 24) a new fly for Netherlands, Portugal and finally for Europe published !

jorgemotalmeida 31 December 2008 22:13:58

well... see you in next year! Happy New Year to all lovers of Diptera. Who will seek for flies in the first minute of the year? lol Bom Ano Novo!

jorgemotalmeida 30 December 2008 18:13:41

I hope someone can see Centrophlebomyia furcata in 2009 , hmmm... better: each one of you.

jorgemotalmeida 28 December 2008 19:04:15

now is known as Helaeomyia petrolei! and here more details: http://en.wikiped...a_petrolei

jorgemotalmeida 28 December 2008 18:51:44

".Psilopa petrolei, and the larvae may be found wherever there is exposed oil, though they seem to be more abundant in puddles or where the oil covers boards with a fairly thick coatin