Submitted by AJ Cann on

Ectopsocus petersi

I'm sitting at the computer entering records of observations into NatureSpot. An annoying little fly is flying around and keeps landing on the screen. I take a closer look at it. More...

It looks like a Moth Fly, very difficult to identify to species level, but to be sure I pull out the camera and take some photos of it. I load the photos onto the computer and I can see that it's not a Moth Fly but a Barklouse.

I look it up on NatureSpot. It's Ectopsocus petersi. I enter the record into NatureSpot. While I'm doing that a little fly lands on the screen. It's not Ectopsocus petersi, this one's a bit darker in colour. I pull out the camera and take some photos of it.

This could take a while....