Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Phorocera obscura and Eumea

Posted by thijsdegraaf on 18-04-2014 16:32
#1

I think I can recognize Phorocera obscura. They are every year in our garden. But I'm never sure about the smaller darker ones. I know they are variable in length.
Bergen, The Netherlands.
Regard, Thijs
Photo 16-4-2014. This one must be right.

Edited by thijsdegraaf on 19-04-2014 20:09

Posted by thijsdegraaf on 18-04-2014 16:33
#2

photo 18-4-2014 Smaller, darker, more difficult.

Posted by thijsdegraaf on 18-04-2014 16:35
#3

An other fly. Photo 13-4-2014 also difficult

Edited by thijsdegraaf on 18-04-2014 16:35

Posted by ChrisR on 18-04-2014 23:04
#4

Looks like 2 different species - Phorocera obscura first and then maybe Eumea linearicornis second & third?

Posted by thijsdegraaf on 19-04-2014 08:45
#5

Thanks Chris,
A difficult one to determine from photos I think.

Regards, Thijs

Posted by Zeegers on 19-04-2014 09:01
#6

No, a difficult two !

Chris is absolutely right: 2 species.


Theo

Posted by thijsdegraaf on 19-04-2014 10:10
#7

Thanks I saw them so oft together, that I wasn't sure.
Thijs

Edited by thijsdegraaf on 19-04-2014 11:58

Posted by ChrisR on 19-04-2014 10:47
#8

I only recognised the Eumea because I had seen one on a leaf earlier this Spring and they have a distinctly exoristine look to them with the golden face :)

Posted by thijsdegraaf on 19-04-2014 20:04
#9

I hope I recognize it now too. ;) I didn't see new species today, but I've taken some other photos of an Eumea.

Regards, Thijs

Edited by thijsdegraaf on 19-04-2014 20:05

Posted by thijsdegraaf on 19-04-2014 20:05
#10

2

Posted by thijsdegraaf on 19-04-2014 20:06
#11

3

Posted by thijsdegraaf on 19-04-2014 20:07
#12

4