Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Large fluffy fly - Scotland (Cephenemyia)
Posted by djo on 20-06-2014 15:11
#1
Large fluffy fly in Scotland (photographed recently by a friend). Has a feeling of Oestridae to me, but the only thing I know about is Drosophila. And it's not one of those....
Edited by djo on 20-06-2014 15:44
Posted by djo on 20-06-2014 15:12
#2
Assuming it is even a fly. Have I embarrassed myself here?
Posted by John Carr on 20-06-2014 15:31
#3
I think
Cephenemyia. Larvae in noses of Cervidae ("deer nose bot flies").
Posted by djo on 20-06-2014 15:44
#4
Thank you!
Posted by Tony Irwin on 20-06-2014 18:04
#5
Such a cute fly! Only ever seen it once.
Posted by ChrisR on 20-06-2014 19:06
#6
Very, very nice find - they are extremely rare these days because domesticated livestock are soaked in insecticides these days :( Please post your record in to iRecord so that it can be mapped. There isn't an Oestrid recording scheme but I'd be happy to add them to our scope :)
Posted by djo on 20-06-2014 19:19
#7
Not my find! Credit goes to a friend of mine. It was probably living up the noses of one of these guys
http://rumdeer.bi...-hall-fame , who're certainly
not soaked in insecticide!