Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Black fly ID

Posted by FRV on 12-10-2018 10:36
#1
Hi,

I would like to identify this black fly.

Photographed 08.08.18, 20km West of Paris.
Edge of a forest pond. About 5-6mm.

Any idea of its identity? Thanks fot your help,

FRV
Edited by FRV on 12-10-2018 10:37

Posted by FRV on 13-10-2018 10:28
#2
No idea of its identity? Family?

Posted by John Carr on 13-10-2018 16:58
#3
Probably Tachinidae but there are a few similar Calliphoridae (like Morinia) and Sarcophagidae.

Posted by FRV on 13-10-2018 17:57
#4
Thank you John... seems a difficult species to identify.