Jun 21, 2020
A small moth buddy in my room that I just released!!!! I think they’re of the psychoda genus, a moth fly. But small man!
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A small moth buddy in my room that I just released!!!! I think they’re of the psychoda genus, a moth fly. But small man!
#2387 - Psychoda alternata - Trickling Filter Fly
AKA Psychoda albimaculata, Psychoda dakotensis, Psychoda floridica, Psychoda nocturnala, Psychoda schizura.
Originating in North America, but now found around the world. Established in Britain by 2000, Brazil by 2006, Norway by 2011, Iraq and Croatia by 2013 and in Spain by 2016. That recent spread is honestly quite surprising, since their prefered habitat is moist biofilms such as sewerage trickle filters, sludge pits, ditches and drains and those are found everywhere you get humans.
The adults seldom move far from where they were hatched, as they are weak-winged. The males hatch first and only survive for a few days, while unmated females may live for a week.
Pohokura, North Island, New Zealand