Posted by crex on 12-11-2006 18:18
#1
From just north of Stockholm, Sweden 2006-06-25 (YYYY-MM-DD). This was the one and only shot of this male fly. The wing venation points towards Muscidae (I believe or at least not Tachinidae) and the shiny metallic thorax/abdomen towards Calliphoridae ... I found no match in the gallery.
Edit: Changed subject (Blue-yellow Muscid?)
Edited by crex on 15-11-2006 17:15
Posted by Kahis on 12-11-2006 19:20
#2
A typical
Mydaea (Muscidae). Perhaps my favourite muscids, they are very 'clean-looking' with a deep black ground color covered by a even bluish to brownish dusting. The formal characters separating this genus from
Helina are all very small and usually not visible is photograps.