Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Unknown Brachycera (09.08.18) --> Conops quadrifasciatus
Posted by Juergen Peters on 09-08-2018 17:53
#1
Hello,
this fly puzzles me... I have only this photo from a distance of 3 m or so. It was not small, maybe 10-12 mm, but I have no idea, what it could be. Is it possible to tell the family at least?
Found on a fallow by a small creek today (northwest Germany).
Edited by Juergen Peters on 09-08-2018 19:02
Posted by Zeegers on 09-08-2018 18:13
#2
Conops quadrifasciatus, I’d say.
Theo
Posted by Juergen Peters on 09-08-2018 19:01
#3
Hello Theo,
Zeegers wrote:
Conops quadrifasciatus, I’d say.
ok, that's very likely ;). There are many of them around these days. Don't know, why I did not recognize this one from the frontal perspective.
Thanks a lot!
Edited by Juergen Peters on 09-08-2018 19:02
Posted by Zeegers on 10-08-2018 07:56
#4
But ... the first two new ones don’t seem right. Look more like flavipes.
Theo
Posted by Juergen Peters on 10-08-2018 08:52
#5
Hello Theo,
Zeegers wrote:
But ... the first two new ones don’t seem right. Look more like flavipes.
ah, yes. The colour of the legs and the narrower stripes on the abdomen resemble more
C. flavipes. That species is not as abundant here as
quadrifasciatus, but I had one in mid July, also in our courtyard.
Thanks for your attention!