Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Two other very small flies...

Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-09-2006 20:14
#1

...and therefore no good pics. Is it nevertheless possible to tell the families? I think the only 1-1,5 mm long first is a Nematocera (?). The second one (2-3 mm) possibly a Lonchopteridae? Thanks for any hints!

Posted by Paul Beuk on 26-09-2006 20:59
#2

Left: Ceratopogonidae. Right: Lonchopteridae.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 27-09-2006 02:06
#3

Hello, Paul!

Paul Beuk wrote:
Left: Ceratopogonidae.


With those thickened antennae it is a male?

Posted by Paul Beuk on 27-09-2006 06:33
#4

Actually, that is a brush of hairs on the antenna, and yes, that is found in males of many species.