Opomyza fly

[racketman]

new family to add to my fly gallery. Small fly not to be confused with similar medium sized orange flies

http://www.pbase.com/racketman/image/79886402.jpg

[Cactuspic]

Nice member to add to the family album.;) Good shot RM.

Irwin

[bandit 1]

Hiya RM,

Great shot of a little tiddler, what sorta size are these please ?

Cheers for now
Mark

[racketman]

these are about 3mm - 4mm

[bandit 1]

Hiya RM,

Thanks for that ! I must have been seeing the others you described which are about 5mm & fatter in the Abdomen

Cheers for now
Mark

these are about 3mm

[Attic]

Nice find RM and nicely taken.

[racketman]

Hiya RM,

Thanks for that ! I must have been seeing the others you described which are about 5mm & fatter in the Abdomen

Cheers for now
Mark

you probably mean the Heleomyzidae (http://www.pbase.com/racketman/heleomyzidae)

http://www.pbase.com/racketman/image/65535747.jpg

[bandit 1]

Hiya RM,

Hell I darned if I can see any difference between the two, I overlaid the the shots as best I could & it just seems like the arse end is different, howz that for Scientific terminology eh :lol:

BTW Excellent shot of the Heleomyzide

Cheers for now
Mark





you probably mean the Heleomyzidae (http://www.pbase.com/racketman/heleomyzidae)

http://www.pbase.com/racketman/image/65535747.jpg

[skylab]

Like your little fly :lol: :lol: nice shot. Well done

[Lawrie B]

Great Capture RM