Thread subject: Diptera.info :: unknown fly
Posted by fleabag on 20-04-2007 22:03
#1
Hi,
Please could anyone help to id this?possibly not a great id pic.
Found in rural sussex uk,I'd guess about 5mm,seemed quite small and chunky looking.
thanks,
Noel.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 20-04-2007 22:15
#2
Family Sarcophagidae?
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 20-04-2007 22:48
#3
or may be some small Phasia?
Posted by ChrisR on 20-04-2007 23:06
#4
Was it photographed recently? It does look like a
Phasia (small antennae, petiolate mein-M with curve etc). Dusting might suggest
P.obesa but it's an odd angle - any other shots?
Posted by fleabag on 20-04-2007 23:58
#5
I found it just a few days ago...i only got a few shots before it flew off.
this one shows a slightly different angle
Posted by ChrisR on 21-04-2007 09:55
#6
Yeah, I'd be reasonably happy to say it was
Phasia obesa, but the angle makes it a bit tricky to get my bearings. If so it would be a nice sighting because I don't think I have ever seen it this early in the UK. In Belshaw the (British) flight period was quoted as starting in "early June" but in Tschorsnig & Herting the (European) flight period is listed as starting in "early May", which suggests the species is now fitting in an early brood here where there wasn't one before... perhaps.
Posted by fleabag on 22-04-2007 14:55
#7
thanks for the helpful replies + id :) always good to see + photograph a new one for my collection.
Seems everythings out early with this weather were having.
Noel.