Posted by Philippe moniotte on 09-12-2007 11:15
#1
Hi all,
My guess for this one would be a male Ophyra sp ; Is it reasonable ? There were plenty of them sunning themselves in my garden.
Heron, Belgium November 11th 2007
Thanks
Philippe
Posted by Philippe moniotte on 09-12-2007 12:40
#3
Thanks Stephane. I was indeed puzzled about the color of the wings...
Are there many species in our area ? Every time someone quotes a species, it seems to be vespertina . Just another case of people copying on each others or is it the commonest species ?
Philippe
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 09-12-2007 15:02
#4
There is 5 species of
Hebecnema in Belgium :
H. fumosa
H. nigra
H. nigricolor
H. umbratica
H. vespertina
H. vespertina, and
H. umbratica are the more frequent in our area I think.
If I'm not wrong with the genus (I could be), your fly is not
H. vespertina, which has brown parafascialia. Should rather be
H. umbratica. The eyes should be hairy.