Thread subject: Diptera.info :: can someone identify this fly?

Posted by Jens Nielsen on 31-07-2007 13:50
#1

Can anyone tell me which fly this is? I found them mating everywhere, and they were easy to pick up for taking pictures.

Locality: flowers near gravel road near coniferious forest in northwestern Denmark
Time: July 2007

regards,

Jens Nielsen

Posted by Jens Nielsen on 31-07-2007 13:52
#2

here the front view of the same flies. Sadly, they left before i could get a top shot.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 31-07-2007 14:14
#3

Sicus ferrugineus, Conopidae.

Posted by Jens Nielsen on 31-07-2007 18:32
#4

Thanks!

Jens