Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Black and yellow: ID please

Posted by Andre Jas on 23-08-2005 09:29
#1

I don't even know if this is a fly or not. Saw it on grass ina heatherfield. Slow flying and not scared. About 1 cm long. Can anyone refine my wide search?
Thank you.
Andr?
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Posted by Andre Jas on 23-08-2005 09:30
#2

Come to think of it, it can't be a fly with those long antennae. But what then?

Andr

Posted by Paul Beuk on 23-08-2005 09:52
#3

jonafly wrote:
Come to think of it, it can't be a fly with those long antennae. But what then?

Andr?


Depends on what you call a fly. Strictly speaking, flies are all insects belonging to the Diptera and this one certainly beongs there. It is a dark-winged fungus gnat of the genus Sciara, family Sciaridae.