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The last days in Sweden has been sunny and warm. Hopefully we have seen the last snow for this winter ... Had almost forgot how to take photos. This is a medium sized fly (5-8mm I think). I found several of them on wet dirt, but they were very cautious and wouldn't sit still to let me take a picture. All except this one that was eating on a larva/nymph of some kind.

Legs black except foretarsus that is pink.

Location: Near Stockholm, Sweden
Date: 2007-APR-01
Habitat: Wet mud/dirt

Thanx in advance for an ID! I'm guessing Lispe sp of some sort, but I fear it also could be Anthomyiidae.

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Hi Crex.
Lispe is correct (you can see spoon-like palpi).
Female of Lispe consanguinea/tentaculata, 3 post sut dc - L. consanguinea, but legs seems to me too dark...
Nikita

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Thank you Nikita. As far as I can see (if I understand it right) there are 3 bristles backside the suture (not counting the one or two on scutellum). I guess then that L. tentaculata doesn't have 3 post sut dc!?

The legs are almost entirely black, but the pinkish foretarsus ... The palpi seems to be orange on outside and white on the inside, but when they are shown white I guess it might be the reflections of the flash light.

Any other detail that would make it possible to ID?

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Any thoughts on what the prey might be?

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Prey is Trichoptera larvae;)

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Thanx again Nikita!

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Now I can't understand my 2 years ago doubts:
it is male of Lispe tentaculata

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A late thank you to Nikita :)