Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Muscidae 2

Posted by Susan R Walter on 02-12-2007 21:32
#1
Coenosia testacea? 3mm, east London from inner city park with mature deciduous woodland, open areas of long grass and small ponds with quite a bit of marginal vegetation. 14 July 2007.

Has a little red above the antennae at the end of the frontal vitta.
Edited by Susan R Walter on 02-12-2007 21:34

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 02-12-2007 21:40
#2
Certainly looks like it Susan ! ;)

Posted by Susan R Walter on 02-12-2007 21:46
#3
Thanks St?phane. My photo doesn't do it justice, but these are very elegant and attractive tiny little flies. I assume, being Coenosia that they hunt - but what? Their prey must be miniscule.