Thread subject: Diptera.info :: golden fly

Posted by jane bowman on 15-01-2008 20:51
#1

Would be grateful for ID on this golden fly found on a nettle leaf on the edge of deciduous woodland in the Scottish Highlands---17th. June

Posted by Steve Crellin on 15-01-2008 21:39
#2

Jane, it looks like a male Chloromyia formosa to me.
(A Stratiomyid)

Posted by jane bowman on 16-01-2008 21:52
#3

Many thanks for the ID Steve
best wishes Jane