Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Anthomyiidae, Fanniidae or Muscidae? (12.03.19) --> cf. Egle sp. (Anthomyiidae)
Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-03-2019 15:49
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Pic #2
Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-03-2019 15:50
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Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-03-2019 15:50
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Pic #4
Posted by Tony Irwin on 15-03-2019 18:31
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Difficult to get a good photo of the wing venation with these dark flies, so I am thinking that the hind tibia has lots of bristles, which suggests Anthomyiidae - generally fewer in Muscidae and Fanniidae.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-03-2019 19:06
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Tony Irwin wrote:
I am thinking that the hind tibia has lots of bristles, which suggests Anthomyiidae - generally fewer in Muscidae and Fanniidae.
Thank you, Tony! That was my main suspicion, too.
Posted by John Carr on 15-03-2019 20:40
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Probably
Egle. They feed on
Salix pollen.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-03-2019 21:47
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John Carr wrote:
Probably Egle. They feed on Salix pollen.
Thanks, John! I had taken photos of a small fly, which I tentatively identified as
Egle sp., on
Salix caprea flowers at the end of February, when we had nearly 19 °C here (but since two weeks the weather is rainy and stormy :|).
Edited by Juergen Peters on 15-03-2019 21:49