#sylvicola

[drhoz]

#3760 - Sylvicola notatus - Outhouse Fly

"spotted wood-dweller"

One of six species in the genus that are found in New Zealand.

First described in 1902 by English-born NZ biologist and geologist Captain Frederick Wollaston Hutton (1836 – 1905), as Rhyphus notatus.

The Anisopodidae, also known as Wood Gnats or Window Gnats, are a small family, with a little over 150 species in 4 genera. Some are saprophagous or fungivorous, but little else is known about their biology. This species is known to breed in decomposing organic matter, such as compost heaps, or outhouses, though.

Woodhaugh Gardens, Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand

[mokozroach]

everyone look at her please

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

Found this cool wood gnat (Sylvicola alternatus) at the moth light last month. I love when flies are easy to id!

[drhoz]

#2837- Sylvicola neozelandicus - Outhouse Fly

A Wood Gnat found in SE Australia and New Zealand, from a genus with at least 80 species. The Anisopodidae are small to medium-sized flies usually, and at least for those species where the diet is known, saprophages and mycetovores.

OPERA, Otago Peninsula, Aotearoa New Zealand

[drhoz]

#1215 - Sylvicola dubius - Wood Gnat

Small flies in the small Anisopodidae family -  AKA window-gnats.  154 described living species, 15 genera, and several described fossil taxa.

I found these ones clinging to the underside of sloping tree trunks out at Benger. The top one, with the smaller body but larger eyes, is a male - apparently you don’t see them often, according to Tony D. at BowerBird. Some Anisopodids eat decaying organic matter - others eat fungi. I don’t know what the ones in these genus eat.

[morgandjackson]

#365Insects 14: #Sylvicola fenestralis (Scopoli, 1763) Although I've never seen one personally, the Window Wood Gnat is can apparently be found in homes, usually around windows, particularly in homes that have compost containers in their kitchens where larvae can develop.

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Sylvicola sp. (Anisopodidae)