Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Empididae

Posted by Toby on 06-05-2008 10:12
#1

on a Horse chestnut tree & wild fruit trees in Richmond Pk London:

female eating a St Marks Fly
www.pbase.com/image/96616836.jpg

www.pbase.com/racketman/image/96671791.jpg

this seemed to ba a slightly smaller species:

www.pbase.com/racketman/image/96671796.jpg

www.pbase.com/racketman/image/96671797.jpg

Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-05-2008 10:37
#2

Empis tessellata (top) and Empis femorata (bottom).

Posted by Toby on 06-05-2008 17:20
#3

thanks, I wasn't familiar with the smaller species.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-05-2008 22:20
#4

I collected it on Mitcham Common where it was swarming in 1989.