Thread subject: Diptera.info :: odd looking fly

Posted by LordV on 24-05-2008 08:07
#1

Not sure if this is just a rather snazzy looking fly or one infected with a fungus but it could still fly normally - any ideas ? About 5mm body length taken yesterday South coast UK on a bay tree leaf.

Brian V.

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Posted by LordV on 24-05-2008 08:18
#2

Ah - not a fungal infection but think I've found it myself- Platypezidae: Polypivora ornata ?

Brian V.