Posted by David020 on 04-10-2008 18:43
#1
dear Dipterists,
last weekend on Texel, NL, this Sarcophagid fly.
might anyone know its ID, I would be thnakful
best wishes David
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 04-10-2008 18:54
#3
I suppose you meant Scathophagidae. It is one, I think
Norellia (
spinipes).
Posted by Zeegers on 04-10-2008 19:42
#4
Norellia spinipes is a spring species associated with Daffodil.
SO this should be Norelliosoma spinimana (not the same species !)
Theo
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 01-11-2008 13:25
#6
I have looked at the key of British Scathophagidae given in link by Tony Irwin in another thread, and I think it's
Norellia : the wings are slightly clouded (as they have to be in Norellia spinipes), I can see only one row of spines on t1 (other row could be hidden), the dc are out of focus, but it seems there is only one postutural pair, and the book say :
[...]Most records are for the Spring (April to
June) when adults are usually found on daffodil leaves, but there are also
October records which seem to always relate to females.[...]