Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Stratiomyidae: Odontomyia flavissima?

Posted by nick upton on 07-06-2011 10:09
#1

I think this distinctive fly has to be O. flavissima, but can anyone confirm my ID? It was very hard to get close to this very wary fly, so image quality is so-so, but hope it's good enough for ID confirmation.

31.5.11 c 8mm Lesbos, Greece, feeding on mint flowers in an olive grove.

Posted by nick upton on 07-06-2011 10:10
#2

Side view

Posted by nick upton on 07-06-2011 10:10
#3

rear view, spines on thorax visible.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 07-06-2011 12:18
#4

Correct

Posted by nick upton on 07-06-2011 12:23
#5

Many thanks Paul.