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This small (well not to small, I don't know, about 5-7 mm?) fly I found on a dead young Barnswallow. Pictures are bad, because it was running fast. Can it be identified as Stenepteryx hirundinis?

21-05-2009, La Fontouret, Indre, France.

Thanks for any information.

Tjitske Lubach

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And another picture.

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Not hirundinis, which has narrow, strap-like wings. This is more likely to be Ornithomya biloba.

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Did you keep it?

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Thank you very much Tony for the identification. I guess it stays an unsure ID.

And to Paul: No, I'm sorry. It flew away. Are you interested? Because we have a lot of Barnswallows here, so maybe I see one again this year.

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I am always iinterested in Hippoboscidae. :D

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Hallo Paul,

I could try to find puparia in the old nests. Since we are converting an old barn into a house I have to remove some of the nests anyhow. I read that they can be found in winter. But I have no idea how they look like? And if you are interested in the puparia?

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One image from scanvenging a swallow's nest:
From: http://www.faunoekjmueller-magdeburg.de/Lausfliegen/body_lausfliegen.html

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Today I found (barn La Fontouret) two other Hippoboscidae, probable also Ornithomya biloba. Length ca. 8 mm (with wings). Pictures are bad. Is there anything to say about this fly. Found on weak Barnswallow-young.

One I kept. Is there a simply way to preserve it?

Tjitske Lubach

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Another (even worse) picture.