Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Scathophagidae sp?

Posted by Barbara Cooper on 24-05-2017 11:42
#1
Not sure what this fly is, maybe Scathophagidae? By a pond in Leicestershire, UK on 23 May.
Can anyone help with an ID please?
Barbara
Edited by Barbara Cooper on 24-05-2017 11:44

Posted by Barbara Cooper on 24-05-2017 11:55
#2
Another view.

Posted by Tony Irwin on 24-05-2017 13:30
#3
The all black antennae and greenish colour indicate Scathophaga stercoraria.

Posted by Barbara Cooper on 24-05-2017 22:15
#4
Thanks Tony, I never thought to consider the most common species!