Tang, do you need an ID for the fly for record purposes? If so, I can post it on Insectnet. One can usually get at least a partial ID there, and a bit of googling thereafter normally works. I, for one, would be very intetrested.
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Tang, do you need an ID for the fly for record purposes? If so, I can post it on Insectnet. One can usually get at least a partial ID there, and a bit of googling thereafter normally works. I, for one, would be very intetrested.
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Yes, please! I could not find anything close to the strange looking fly in my guide books.Originally Posted by Painted Jezebel
Tang
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Do flies have plumed antennae?
Aaron Soh
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Moth flies (Family Psychodidae) and Mosquitoes (Family Culicidae) do.
Tang
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Cool! Can't get over the fact that such strange things exist.
Aaron Soh
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I've had 2 replies to my query. The first suggested a male of the Coccidae family (Scaly-bugs), which is very doubtful. The second suggested one of the Strepsiptera (Twisted-wings, named after the fact that the wings of the males twist while in flight). These are endoparasites which live in solitary bees and wasps primarily. The females are wingless, so this would be a male. The only problem with this is that the largest they ever get is 4mm in length, and I don't know the size of this one. Also, I have extensively Googled this family, and failed to come up with a match, though found lots of fascinating information. (There are over 400 species)
I'm sorry, Tang, but unless they come up with further suggestions, it will have to remain a UFO.
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Thanks a lot for your help, Les.
The fly has a body length of about 8mm, excluding antennae.
Tang
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