Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Soldier Fly fromLa Mancha, Spain for ID.
Posted by creaturesnapper on 06-06-2024 19:10
#1
I saw this Soldier Fly in La Mancha , Spain in May 2024 .Can anyone help with an ID please? The nearest i can find is --Odontomyia annulata .
Edited by creaturesnapper on 09-06-2024 19:59
Posted by creaturesnapper on 06-06-2024 19:47
#2
A different angle of the same individual .
Posted by Paul Beuk on 07-06-2024 09:07
#3
I think it should be
Odontomyia ornata
Posted by creaturesnapper on 08-06-2024 15:35
#4
Thank you Paul .
It was quite brightly marked Yellow a Black with a striped Thorax , not really like the images of O. ornata that i have seen .Perhaps it is a variable species .
Posted by Zeegers on 09-06-2024 10:43
#5
Annulata is my first thought as well, but pictures are too small for me to be sure.
Theo
Posted by creaturesnapper on 09-06-2024 19:42
#6
I have tried to put in a cropped image ,but it keeps appearing as the original I will keep trying , hopefully it will be easier to ID..At last.
Edited by creaturesnapper on 09-06-2024 19:59
Posted by Zeegers on 14-06-2024 10:57
#7
It should be female annulata, but I cannot establish the crucial features....
Theo
Posted by creaturesnapper on 15-06-2024 11:05
#8
Many thanks Theo