Posted by Carnota on 08-02-2007 16:07
#1
Please, could anyone suggest an Id?
In a garden. Galicia, NW Spain. August 2006. Size 5mm.
Carnota
Posted by John Smit on 08-02-2007 17:10
#3
Hi Carnota,
A well known error. It's not a Tephritid but a Sciomyzid:
Trypetoptera punctulata. The first name meaning 'with the wing of a Trypetid (old name for Tephritid)', so you're not the only one making thisslight mistake. I get them all the time as supposed Tephritids.
John