Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Two flies from rape field --> Scaptomyza flava & Platypalpus sp.

Posted by Tina S on 21-09-2020 01:19
#1

Hello,

can anyone narrow down these two ones?

Data: Germany, Lower Saxony, Rodenberg, rape field, 60 m, 20 September 2020.

Best wishes,
Tina.

Edited by Tina S on 22-09-2020 02:45

Posted by Tina S on 21-09-2020 01:20
#2

2

Posted by Jan Maca on 21-09-2020 06:01
#3

Upper picture (although not very sharp) apparently a female of Scaptomyza flava (larvae are mining leaves of Brassicaceae).
Lower picture: probably Platypalpus sp.

Posted by Tina S on 22-09-2020 02:44
#4

Thank you very much for your determination!