Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Our town park: Phasia? (it resembles diptera.info home page fly)
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 28-06-2006 02:07
#1
June 27, 2006.
Size around 10mm.
Collected by sweeping around 10 p.m.
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 28-06-2006 09:04
#2
Phasia hemiptera or Ectophasia crassipennis?
http://www.gardensafari.net/english/picpages/phasia_hemiptera.htm
http://www.treknature.com/gallery/Europe/Belgium/photo32209.htm
Posted by ChrisR on 28-06-2006 10:06
#3
Looks like an
Ectophasia spp. to me and
crassipennis is the most common in northern mainland Europe. The key features I always look for are the basically orange abdomen with a thin central brown stripe and the wing patternation is more 'spotted'. In
Phasia hemiptera the wings are usually dark all over, or if the colouring is reduced it is still 'patchy' and not so clear as
Ectophasia. :D
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 01-07-2006 09:36
#4
Thanks Chris,
Well, is that one the same?
June 29, 2006, somewhat smaller (7-8mm), collected on flowers of Scirpus sylvaticus.
Posted by ChrisR on 01-07-2006 10:58
#5
Actually, I think it is (I had a brief moment of madness when I thought it was
E.leucoptera) but now I think it is just the female
E.crassipennis. Damn, I wish I had these in England!
Edited by ChrisR on 01-07-2006 11:06