Thread subject: Diptera.info :: ? identification
Posted by marjolijn cardozo on 28-09-2006 17:40
#1
surfing the web to search for identification of my photo subjects, I found diptera.info
thank you all for creating this site, I like the good photographs, the indepth information and active members.
I know it is difficult to distinguish species by pictures, but I hope that identification of the genus could be possible at least.
Can you identify the fly? I took the image in the Ardennes, Belgium in a specific calcerous biotope (Karst region), some days ago. The size is the same as a Yellow dungfly.
marjolijn
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 28-09-2006 18:14
#2
Hi Marjolijn.
I don't know whether Yellow dungfly = Scathophaga starcoraria, but it is Scathophaga starcoraria. Very variable species, but you can se black antennae with plumose arista.
Nikita
Posted by Kahis on 28-09-2006 19:13
#3
This fly really did draw the short straw when names were doled out. 'Shitloving shiteater' :o :( Such harsh words! And mostly uncalled for;
S. stercoraria may love excrement but it certainly doesn't eat it.
It is indeed very variable in color and to a lesser degree in size too. I think the variability is at least partially linked to the temperature during the early stages.
Edited by Kahis on 28-09-2006 19:14
Posted by marjolijn cardozo on 02-10-2006 16:58
#4
thank you, you are probably right. Both have the same face, I attach an image to compare, this is a Yellow dungfly (i think).The yellow one has much more hair, more like fur. Perhaps it is the colour, or just another variability. Al those flies have different names, and these 2 look different and are the same species. It's funny.
marjolijn.