Black flies

[Traditionalist]

The fish were taking these things with gay abandon and were stuffed full of them.  I took these pics with a pocket microscope and they are not brillant, but what is important here is the length and size of the legs in relation to the body. The body is 3mm long, I ripped up a small partridge and orange and coloured it with a dark brown marker, worked great;









I have not yet identified it exactly, but an old mate of mine in Yorkshire once gave me the benefit of his entomological knowledge and experience, and taking full advantage of that, I am going to tentatively identify it as "one o' them little black buggers". 

If you can identify it more closely then please feel free.

TL
MC

[Inchlaggan]

I have not yet identified it exactly, but an old mate of mine in Yorkshire once gave me the benefit of his entomological knowledge and experience, and taking full advantage of that, I am going to tentatively identify it as "one o' them little black buggers". 

I am pretty sure it is  Parvus minor (sSp sodom).



(translates as = "ane o' yon wee bleck buggers")

[Traditionalist]

As I wrote, very tentative, but it could be  tachinidae_marcia


http://acd.ufrj.br/mnde/diptera/images/tachinidae_marcia.jpg

TL
MC

[Highlander]

At first glance they could be Hawthorn Flies. Predominate in May when the Hawthorn is in bloom. An ungainly flier but when blown on to water Trout love them.
Tight Lines

[Traditionalist]

At first glance they could be Hawthorn Flies. Predominate in May when the Hawthorn is in bloom. An ungainly flier but when blown on to water Trout love them.
Tight Lines

These are only small flies. the body is only 3mm long.  Although they do look similar in some ways. Hawthorns are up to 15 mm long;

https://www.google.com/search?q=bibio+marci&hl=en&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=9x2uT7qmFI3wsgbhxqW9Bg&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CBcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1365&bih=790

TL
MC

[Highlander]

A wee Hawthorn Fly then.
:roll:

[Fishtales]

Hilara chorica?

[Traditionalist]

Hilara chorica?

Could be, it's very hard to be sure.

TL
MC

[Highlander]

It is probably one of the flies on these pages.
http://www.diptera.info/photogallery.php

Tight Lines

[Traditionalist]

It is probably one of the flies on these pages.
http://www.diptera.info/photogallery.php

Tight Lines

Couldn't find it there either.  Oh well, I might turn it up somewhere sometime, until then it's a "little black bugger" !

TL
MC