Kelp Flies

Haging out and buzzing around stacks of drying seaweed on the beach.

One of thousands buzzing around some kelp wrack.

One of thousands buzzing around some kelp wrack.

This looks like a fly so I tried water fly as it was in the water but obviously that didn't work! *LOL*

This looks like a fly so I tried water fly as it was in the water but obviously that didn't work! *LOL*

Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of St Heliers, St Heliers Bay. Habitat: Seashore. Wrack on sandy beach. Identification: COELOPIDAE sp. ST1. Female.

Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of St Heliers, St Heliers Bay. Habitat: Seashore. Wrack on sandy beach. Identification: COELOPIDAE sp. ST1. Female.

Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of St Heliers, St Heliers Bay. Habitat: Seashore. Wrack on sandy beach. Identification: COELOPIDAE sp. ST1. Female.

Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of St Heliers, St Heliers Bay. Habitat: Seashore. Wrack on sandy beach. Identification: COELOPIDAE sp. ST1. Female.

Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of St Heliers, St Heliers Bay. Habitat: Seashore. Wrack on sandy beach. Identification: COELOPIDAE sp. ST1. Female.

Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of St Heliers, St Heliers Bay. Habitat: Seashore. Wrack on sandy beach. Identification: COELOPIDAE sp. ST1. Female.

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI English: adult male Icaridion nasutum. length about 6.5 mm Date 30 March 2011 Source photo taken by me Author S.E. Thorpe NEW ZEALAND AN, Reef Point, pitfall trap 1D3G, 23 Jan-2 Feb 2011, J.C. Russell Licensing[edit] This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of his or her rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.enCC0Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedicationfalsefalse

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI English: adult male Icaridion nasutum, length about 6.5 mm Date 30 March 2011 Source photo taken by me Author S.E. Thorpe NEW ZEALAND AN, Hut Creek, pitfall trap 4C1E, 27 Jan-6 Feb 2011, J.C. Russell Licensing[edit] This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of his or her rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.enCC0Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedicationfalsefalse

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI Coelopa frigida from Walker Insecta Brittanica Diptera Date Source Insecta Brittanica Diptera Author Francis Walker(1809–1874) Permission (Reusing this file) Author died 1874 so public domain

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI English: adult male Icaridion nasutum. length about 6.5 mm Date 30 March 2011 Source photo taken by me Author S.E. Thorpe NEW ZEALAND AN, Reef Point, pitfall trap 1D3G, 23 Jan-2 Feb 2011, J.C. Russell Licensing[edit] This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of his or her rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.enCC0Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedicationfalsefalse

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI English: adult male Icaridion nasutum, length about 6.5 mm Date 30 March 2011 Source photo taken by me Author S.E. Thorpe NEW ZEALAND AN, Hut Creek, pitfall trap 4C1E, 27 Jan-6 Feb 2011, J.C. Russell Licensing[edit] This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of his or her rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.enCC0Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedicationfalsefalse

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI Coelopa frigida from Walker Insecta Brittanica Diptera Date Source Insecta Brittanica Diptera Author Francis Walker(1809–1874) Permission (Reusing this file) Author died 1874 so public domain

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI English: Male New Zealand hairy kelp fly (Chaetocoelopa littoralis), pinned specimen, anterior view. Date 8 May 2017, 19:28:13 Source Own work Author Rebecca Le Grice

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI English: Male New Zealand hairy kelp fly (Chaetocoelopa littoralis), pinned specimen, lateral view. Date 8 May 2017, 19:51:53 Source Own work Author Rebecca Le Grice

Longitude (deg): -2.4. Latitude (deg): 50.5. Longitude (deg/min): 2° 30' W. Latitude (deg/min): 50° 30' N. Vice county name: Dorset. Vice county no.: 9. Country: England. Stage: Female imago. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: "2 females, swept off Alexanders". Category: macro-photograph. Image scaling: highly enlarged. Background: silver background. Where photo was taken: On a microscope slide. Orientation: "Left, or facing to left". Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS700D dSLR and MP-E 65mm x1 to x5 macro lens.

Longitude (deg): -2.4. Latitude (deg): 50.5. Longitude (deg/min): 2° 30' W. Latitude (deg/min): 50° 30' N. Vice county name: Dorset. Vice county no.: 9. Country: England. Stage: Female imago. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: "2 females, swept off Alexanders". Category: macro-photograph. Image scaling: magnified. Background: silver background. Where photo was taken: On a microscope slide. Orientation: "Left, or facing to left". Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS700D dSLR and MP-E 65mm x1 to x5 macro lens.

Longitude (deg): -2.4. Latitude (deg): 50.5. Longitude (deg/min): 2° 30' W. Latitude (deg/min): 50° 30' N. Vice county name: Dorset. Vice county no.: 9. Country: England. Stage: Female imago. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: "2 females, swept off Alexanders". Category: macro-photograph. Image scaling: magnified. Background: silver background. Where photo was taken: On a microscope slide. Orientation: Facing to top. Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS700D dSLR and MP-E 65mm x1 to x5 macro lens.

Longitude (deg): -2.4. Latitude (deg): 50.5. Longitude (deg/min): 2° 30' W. Latitude (deg/min): 50° 30' N. Vice county name: Dorset. Vice county no.: 9. Country: England. Stage: Female imago. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: "2 females, swept off Alexanders". Category: macro-photograph. Image scaling: highly enlarged. Background: silver background. Where photo was taken: On a microscope slide. Orientation: Facing to top. Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS700D dSLR and MP-E 65mm x1 to x5 macro lens.

Longitude (deg): -2.4. Latitude (deg): 50.5. Longitude (deg/min): 2° 30' W. Latitude (deg/min): 50° 30' N. Vice county name: Dorset. Vice county no.: 9. Country: England. Stage: Female imago. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: "2 females, swept off Alexanders". Category: macro-photograph. Image scaling: highly enlarged. Background: silver background. Where photo was taken: On a microscope slide. Orientation: "Left, or facing to left". Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS700D dSLR and MP-E 65mm x1 to x5 macro lens.