Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Orange fly
Posted by Ragne on 18-06-2008 18:11
#1
Hallo Forum
If anyone can help me to get a name of it
I will be grateful
Size: about 7 mm
Location: Southwest Sweden (V?sterg?tland)
Date: 2008-june-17
Habitat: Woodland
Best regards
Ragne
Posted by Xespok on 18-06-2008 18:37
#2
I suspect this is a Platypezid female.
Posted by Ragne on 18-06-2008 19:14
#3
That was my guess to,
Is it possible to get a spec name, and how can you se it is a female ?
// Ragne
Posted by Paul Beuk on 18-06-2008 19:50
#4
Agathomyia wankowiczii. female because the eyes do not meet dorsally.
Posted by Ragne on 18-06-2008 21:55
#5
Paul
Thanks a lot !
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 19-06-2008 19:59
#6
What a beautiful fly ! Really of this colour ? :o
Posted by Kahis on 19-06-2008 20:03
#7
Well done! This fly is very rarely seen as an adult. Not a single adult fly has been caught in Finland, but the galls (on polypores) are not that uncommon.
Posted by Ragne on 19-06-2008 21:38
#8
Kahis
One hour ago I was looking at this fly again
It seems to be very attracted to a jung plant of
Prunus padus
And to Stephane, the colour is correct
// Ragne