Posted by Sundew on 01-08-2007 00:47
#1
Hi,
Could this nice fly be an Anthomyia? I met it on an inflorescence of Wild Carrot (Daucus carota) on July 8.
(By the way, I have no idea what, in the upper left picture, the little red hook on a petal could consist of...)
Sundew
Posted by Tony Irwin on 01-08-2007 21:08
#2
The fly is a male
Anthomyia.
The red hook-thing is a puzzle - it has an artifical look about it, but if it is natural, I wonder whether it's something like an orchid pollinium, or similar structure.
Posted by Sundew on 01-08-2007 21:23
#3
Many thanks, Tony.
The puzzling hook is certainly nothing of plant origin (pollinium or so). On the other hand, it is too small to be artificial - ? If not a tiny animal itself, it might be the product of an animal...
We should ask Anthomyia, male.
Sundew