Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Seashore fly

Posted by Rafael Estevez on 01-11-2007 20:44
#1

Aprox. 5-6 mm. Found several specimens sun basking in a rocky seashore in Vigo (Spain)
Late october 2007.-
Gratefull for ID.-
Rafael

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 01-11-2007 21:17
#2

Anthomyiidae. Fucellia sp. :D

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 01-11-2007 21:52
#3

I have nothing to add...

Posted by Tony Irwin on 02-11-2007 22:54
#4

only that it's a cracking photo ... B)
and an excellent substrate (I don't think we have any other sponges on the site) ;)

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 02-11-2007 23:08
#5

I agree, Rafael make wonderful photos. For the substrate, it is rather chalk rock ?

Posted by Rafael Estevez on 03-11-2007 21:16
#6

Thanks for the compliments and for the ID also.
In fact the fly was sun basking on top of a dead limpet shell in between the rocks.-
Rafael