Posted by Auratus on 24-08-2021 15:43
#1
Can anyone confirm this is
Hydrellia maura?
Veluwezoom (Heathland), Netherlands 21-08-2021
Thanks in advance
Edited by Auratus on 24-08-2021 15:43
Posted by Tony Irwin on 24-08-2021 18:02
#3
Could be, but I can't exclude
griseola from these photos.
Posted by Auratus on 24-08-2021 22:04
#4
Thanks Tony.
H. griseola makes (ecologically) more sense, there is not a lot of water in the vicinity.
I decided for
H. maura based on the number of hairs on the arista. Is there another way to distinguish between the two species?