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Identify this bug

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  • 13-05-2008 8:09pm
    #1
    10-10-20
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    Can anybody identify this little critter.
    We found ~7 of them in the front porch and they have now got into the house.

    I seem to remember them being in the porch 3 years ago, but not since.

    Anyhow, as the photo shows, they look like spiders but have swept up wings (which are non-functional) and huge toes. They only have 6 feet (so aren't spiders).
    I just need to know what their habitat is.

    Here he is in all his glory...

    http://pix.ie/10-10-20/532355/size/800


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    northdublin
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    looks like some sort of a nymph, at the stage between larva and becoming a fly. i say this cause ive seen fishing flies tied that look like it.


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    SuperSean11
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    northdublin wrote: »
    looks like some sort of a nymph, at the stage between larva and becoming a fly. i say this cause ive seen fishing flies tied that look like it.

    Id say the same


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    TequilaMockingBird
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    I'd say run.


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    Dizzyblonde
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    sueme wrote: »
    I'd say run.


    :D:D:D


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    texas star
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    Not a nymph.....from the angler beside me for sure.Relates to a horse fly or dug fly:pac:


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    the GALL
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    Im sure I've seen his cousin in starship troopers
    :D


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    Minder
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    Hard to tell, but that looks like a louse fly, Hippoboscidae. They are parasitic on mammals and birds. Can be winged or wingless. More info here. Crataerhina Pallida is a parasite of birds. Anyone near you keeping pigeons?


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    #9
    10-10-20
    Registered Users Posts: 7,096 ✭✭✭10-10-20


    Minder wins the jackpot.
    We had a old swallows nest near to where they entered. I had a look at the nest today and they were coming out of it.

    This also explains why it was very difficult to crush one of the fellas - he took 6 or 7 attempts on a carpet with a shoe.

    Thanks again Minder... I think... :)


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