Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Large Muscid (?)

Posted by Juergen Peters on 10-08-2006 00:06
#1

Hello!

These very big (15-20 mm) flies (80% males, 20% females) can be found at tree trunks on darker places in the forest or at night in our garden now (Ostwestfalen, Germany). Is this a Phaonia species (I thought of P. variegata)? Thanks!

www.foto-upload.de/diptera/060809/Phaonia_variegata_M1.jpg

www.foto-upload.de/diptera/060809/Phaonia_variegata_M2.jpg