Posted by Paul Beuk on 31-05-2006 19:43
#3
Both are species of the genus
Empis, subgenus
Xanthempis. Based on the genitalia and the colour of the tarsi I am confident that the top one is
E. aemula. The bottom one, a female, has the characteristic thoracic pattern of
E. trigramma. So you see, not too bad after all. ;)