Fly With Spotted Wings - Geomyza tripunctata

Gerard -

If you respond to a spammer - when we delete their account your comment is left hanging by itself. It's best not to respond... just to leave a comment here. You should probably edit your comment below since it doesn't make much sense now that the spammer's comment has been removed. Thanks!

… Lynette Elliott, 13 November, 2010 - 10:56am

Thanks

Lynette, I will not comment on a spammer anymore..:-))

… Gerard Pennards, 13 November, 2010 - 1:54am

Moved

Moved from Geomyza.

… Mardon Erbland, 4 June, 2010 - 4:04pm

Opomyzidae

Is the family this one belongs in, and if we were in Europe I would say Geomyza tripuctata, but this is the nearctic....
Greetings,

… Gerard Pennards, 7 July, 2007 - 11:03am

Thanks for the comments

As I mentioned in another post, I'm not sure that where I'm taking these photos ought to be considered "near arctic". This photo was taken at a latitude about equal to Port Townsend, Washington. It's not that cold here either. Feburary is our coldest month with an average daily temperature of -5.4C (22.3F). February's average daily minimum is -9.3C (15.3F). Given this info, do you think Geomyza tripuctata is possible?

… Mardon Erbland, 7 July, 2007 - 12:40pm

Nearctic is

Not what you think it is, because the term nearctic refers to a so called terrestrial ecozone!
Look at this, and you'll see what I mean when I say nearctic!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nearctic

After looking at a list of nearctic Opomyzidae species, tripunctata is not on it. So I would say: Opomyzidae, genus Geomyza!
Greetings,

… Gerard Pennards, 7 July, 2007 - 2:54pm

Geomyza tripunctata is known

Geomyza tripunctata is known from the nearctic region. And this is indeed G. tripunctata.

… JeeWee, 4 June, 2010 - 3:30pm

Wow!

Thanks Gerard. I should have known I was going 'off-course' when you spelled it as one word (nearctic) instead of two. I never knew about these ecozones. Thanks very much for setting me straight! :)

… Mardon Erbland, 7 July, 2007 - 3:51pm