Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Stratiomyidae at my balcony
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 25-06-2006 03:19
#1
June 24, 2006, late evening (the beginning of ARG-MEX match).
Size 7mm.
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 25-06-2006 03:19
#2
Another view.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 25-06-2006 09:23
#3
Silva marginata of the Xylomyidae, a family closely related to Stratiomyidae. I have noticed before that flies will of come indoors though open windows and then end up on other windows when they want to get out again.
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 25-06-2006 18:06
#4
Thanks Paul,
There's another specimen sitting on the ceiling of my balcony right now. Are they attracted by flowers (Philadelphus is blooming beneath my windows) or rather associated with trees?
Posted by Paul Beuk on 25-06-2006 20:49
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Larvae are found under the bark of dead tress, often very common under the bark of poplar.