15 May 2008

Upwinged Flies in the Kitchen


I had a small swarm of Upwinged Flies in the kitchen yesterday. Yep, the kitchen. These were either Large Dark Olive (Baetis rhodani), Medium Olive (Baetis vernus) or Pond Olive (Cloeon dipterum) flies. It is probably a Baetis spinner though showing the large turbinate eyes.

I'm not an expert on flies and there are so many different types of these flies - what could they be exactly? No running water nearby, only my little garden pond out the back.

3 comments:

  1. I like mayflies. Great shots. :)
    Have a nice day
    Nele

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  2. should be a Cloeon dipterum male. They can develop even in water butt.
    cheers
    Bernd

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  3. It could be a centroptilum luteolum. Beatis has two short wingveins between the long wingveins.

    I can not see the second wing couple. Centroptilum luteolum has a small second wing couple.

    C. luteolum is very common species.

    In the Beaetidae family exist species with only one wing couple.

    Cheers

    Peter

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