Thread subject: Diptera.info :: What are these please?
Posted by elck on 11-04-2005 17:56
#1
Is this the right place to ask members the names of various flies?
Kralingen ZH, the Netherlands
Thanks in advance, the results will be used on my website
http://insecten.in.kralingen.nl
(I think the flower is
Crataegus crus-galli:o)
Edited by elck on 11-04-2005 17:58
Posted by Gerard Pennards on 11-04-2005 19:00
#2
Hoi Elck,
The upper photo shows an Empididae, most probably Empis tessellata!
The other photo pictures a Dung fly of the family Scathophagidae, and it could very well be the Golden Dungfly, Scathophaga stercoraria!
Greetings
Posted by Paul Beuk on 12-04-2005 11:32
#3
elck wrote:
Is this the right place to ask members the names of various flies?
The right place is where I have moved the thread to: Identification queries | Diptera (adults)
Gerard Pennards wrote:
Hoi Elck,
The upper photo shows an Empididae, most probably Empis tessellata!
Well, it is not
Empis tessellata. The fork in the posterior radial vein (R4+5) is absent, so it must be a species of
Rhamphomyia. The colour pattern in the wing makes me think of
R. cinerascens, of which the females have a partly darkened base of the wing. However, the first question I should then ask is 'when was the picture taken?'.
Posted by elck on 15-04-2005 09:25
#4
The picture was taken on april 11th at 17:43 hours
(Is it possible that because the message was moved I did not get email notification of the answer?)
Edited by elck on 15-04-2005 09:29
Posted by Paul Beuk on 15-04-2005 09:53
#5
Then I stick with my identification of
R. cinerascens.
And there is no email notification (yet?) for replies in the forum so you should check yourself. ;)