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Location: Germany, Northrhine-Westphalia, Rheine, 35 m above sea level, garden (sandy & dry)
Time: 1st Oct 2021
Photos: Markus Koschinsky
Body size: approx. 15 mm

Dear Forum,

I found this quite long fly on a plant directly next to a compost. It had little greenish glance, but mostly purple and yellowish glance at the thorax. Although a femal, it did not have red segments at the abdomen, which speaks against Sargus bipunctatus, but the pale legs seem to speak for S. bipunctatus.

The fly was sitting very calm and with nearly no movemen (although after a while it vanished), so I'm thinking if it might just be hatched (and therefore maybe not all colours fully developed). .

On the other hand, I'm not really an expert here and might be completely wrong... any help is appreciated!

I'd have a few more close-ups of e. g. the wing venation, abdomen back etc.... if you think it helps, I could add them...

Thanks,

Markus