Thread subject: Diptera.info :: black and red fly
Posted by Margarita Auer on 02-05-2007 00:04
#1
Dear visitors,
Yesterday 30.4.07 I saw this quite big ( more than 13 mm)fly sitting on a leaf in the last sunshine in the eastern part of Austria.
But after the first photo shot it disappeared .
It was jetblack and bright red.
I have never seen such a fly before.
Can You please help me to identify.
Thank You
Margarita Auer
Posted by Tony Irwin on 02-05-2007 00:42
#2
Clitellaria ephippium (Stratiomyidae) female. Larva is found in
Lasius fuliginosus nests. I don't know its status in Austria, but it is apparently extinct in Britain - now seen only in the wildest dreams of hallucinating dipterists. :( Wow! Wow! and again Wow!
Posted by Margarita Auer on 02-05-2007 08:14
#3
Dear Tony,
Then I say Thank You and this looks also for me Super, Super, Super.
About the status in Austria I am not informed but I can try to get some informations, I will tell You then.
Best regards
Margarita
Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-05-2007 08:17
#4
Tony Irwin wrote:
Clitellaria ephippium (Stratiomyidae) female. Larva is found in Lasius fuliginosus nests. I don't know its status in Austria, but it is apparently extinct in Britain - now seen only in the wildest dreams of hallucinating dipterists. :( Wow! Wow! and again Wow!
It was considered extinct in the Netherlands as well, but it has turned up over the past 10-15 years...