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BigAl-SA
31st of January 2006 (Tue), 00:23
...on the ID or family of this fly? It looks like a miniature crane fly with a body length of about 6mm. It was running around on a counter top in the kitchen while I was cooking last night.

http://bigal-sa.smugmug.com/photos/54574093-O.jpg

http://bigal-sa.smugmug.com/photos/54574100-O.jpg

These are about 25% crops. Sorry that they aren't as sharp as they should be :(
LordV
31st of January 2006 (Tue), 01:10
Look pretty sharp to me Al, excellent captures.
Suspect it is a wood gnat of some type (these are non- biting ones)- I've seen and shot similar ones known as "window" gnats.
Brian V.
BigAl-SA
31st of January 2006 (Tue), 01:47
Look pretty sharp to me Al, excellent captures.
Suspect it is a wood gnat of some type (these are non- biting ones)- I've seen and shot similar ones known as "window" gnats.
Brian V.Thanks Brian. I knew someone would give me pointers to this beast. Googling "wood gnat" led me to fungus gnat on this page (http://gardensafari.net/english/mosquitoes.htm), which I think looks more like my beast than the wood or window gnat. Interestingly, on the same page I found out what we refer to as "bar flies" is a "moth fly" which is some kind of mosquito:

http://bigal-sa.smugmug.com/photos/41009917-O.jpg
BigAl-SA
1st of February 2006 (Wed), 00:11
Apologies to anyone who looked at this thread and couldn't see the pics while smugmug was down yesterday :(
LordV
1st of February 2006 (Wed), 00:31
Like the added pic- that's a weirdo. Interesting- think we hit the same page when looking at wood gnats- I read the description of that thing- never seen one though- how long?
Brian V.
BigAl-SA
1st of February 2006 (Wed), 01:45
Like the added pic- that's a weirdo. Interesting- think we hit the same page when looking at wood gnats- I read the description of that thing- never seen one though- how long?
Brian V.Thanks Brian. These have a wingspan at the widest point of about 5mm. The horrors have taken to breeding in the runner groove of the sliding door on my shower. They have larvae exactly like mosquitoes (well, I now know they are mosquitoes :D).

Hmmm, maybe the larvae could be a photo opportunity... :p
Bald Eagle
1st of February 2006 (Wed), 05:35
Thanks Brian. These have a wingspan at the widest point of about 5mm. The horrors have taken to breeding in the runner groove of the sliding door on my shower. They have larvae exactly like mosquitoes (well, I now know they are mosquitoes :D).

Hmmm, maybe the larvae could be a photo opportunity... :p
Excellent photos, and a true sign of a Macroholic at work. looking forward to seeing the larvae shots.:D ;) :D
chemicalbro
1st of February 2006 (Wed), 09:16
cool shots AL.............the critter has got very cool false eyes
BigAl-SA
2nd of February 2006 (Thu), 02:37
Excellent photos, and a true sign of a Macroholic at work. looking forward to seeing the larvae shots.:D ;) :DThanks BE. I may have a go at those larvae this weekend :p
BigAl-SA
2nd of February 2006 (Thu), 02:39
cool shots AL.............the critter has got very cool false eyesThanks Alan. They do look like false eyes, especially in the first one.