Species: Cereal fly - unnamed 2 (Geomyza Combinata agg.)
Family: Cereal flies (OPOMYZIDAE)
Category: Insects (Other)
Location: NW
A. Insects (Other)
More extensive information on insects can be found in a separate blog post.
B. Cereal flies (OPOMYZIDAE)
Flies in the Opomyzidae family have grasses and cereals as their larval food plant. They can therefore be agricultural pests.
C. Cereal fly - unnamed 2 (Geomyza Combinata agg.)
There are two known species of cereal fly in the British combinata group (Geomyza balachowskyi and G. hackmani). As males can only be distinguished by microscopic examination of genitalia - and females one from the other not at all - it has become customary to consider these two different species as one and the same, indicated by the aggregate suffix in the Latin name.
These flies appear to be widespread in England and Wales.
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Cereal fly - unnamed 2 (Geomyza Combinata agg.)
This small fly has cereal grasses as their larval food plant.
(Photo credit Stuart MA Ball.)
