Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Yet another Diptera

Posted by lynkos on 22-09-2005 10:12
#1
I never leave you in peace eh!? Here's another pollen-eating fly photographed yesterday near Rome.

www.naturamediterraneo.com/Public/data1/lynkos/2005922111016_PCP905-N11-F.jpg

Any ideas? Thanks, Sarah

Posted by Paul Beuk on 22-09-2005 10:26
#2
A species of Minettia, of the family Lauxaniidae. Maybe M. flaviventris.

Posted by lynkos on 22-09-2005 14:53
#3
Thanks so much Paul, you really are an incredible mine of information! Sarah