Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Empis sp.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 01-05-2006 06:39
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This is Empis trigramma, not uncommon in the Netherlands. The first image is a male (the shape of the male genitalia is characteristic), the second and third are females. Especially in the third image the three dorsal tripes (tri-gramma) are clear. Often found on... umbels.