Posted by blowave on 26-12-2010 01:55
#1
Hello,
Only one shot, taken on 11th June 2010 in my garden near Lincoln UK.
This looks to me like Fannia incisurata but there are a lot of Fannia species!
Janet :)
Posted by Sara21392 on 27-12-2010 12:31
#2
I don't know more about this family, please see it:
http://www.diptera-amateur.nl/beginpaginafanniidae.htm
I hope be useful...:)
Posted by blowave on 27-12-2010 16:03
#3
Thank you Sara. :)
The male certainly does look the same as mine, I will have to see if I have a female too as the pics on that site show the female well.
A thought entered my head when comparing the pics, that is the 'zig-zag' effect between the eyes of the male. I wonder if the species name 'incisurata' has something to do with that as in 'incised' where it appears to be cut into?
You see how many Fannia species we have! But sometimes a visible feature which no other species has can be the deciding factor.
http://www.dipter...p?id=17238