Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Is this a Stout fly?
Posted by Toby on 05-02-2007 02:34
#1
found today on a fence in a London Park:
![www.pbase.com/racketman/image/73971698.jpg](http://www.pbase.com/racketman/image/73971698.jpg)
Posted by Paul Beuk on 05-02-2007 09:32
#2
I did not hear of the name 'Stout fly' before, so I cannot confirm that, but it looks like a member of the Coenomyiinae, a subfamily of the Xylophagidae.
Posted by Kahis on 05-02-2007 10:11
#3
Hmm. I'd say it is a black fly (Simuliidae).
Posted by Paul Beuk on 05-02-2007 10:41
#4
LoL, I'd say you are right!
Posted by Toby on 05-02-2007 15:46
#5
thanks guys, a look through Bioimages confirms this ID.