Identify this bug

10-10-20 · 10-10-20

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

northdublin · 13-05-2008 9:26pm

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.

SuperSean11 · 13-05-2008 9:30pm

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

TequilaMockingBird · 13-05-2008 10:01pm

I'd say run.

Dizzyblonde · 14-05-2008 8:50am

sueme wrote: »

I'd say run.

:D:D

texas star · 14-05-2008 8:46pm

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

the GALL · 14-05-2008 10:03pm

Im sure I've seen his cousin in starship troopers

Minder · 15-05-2008 1:57pm

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?

10-10-20 · 15-05-2008 9:12pm

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...

Identify this bug

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