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Posted by Frank Marquard on 03-05-2009 10:20

Size ~11mm , found at 2. May 09, middle Germany, on small dry piece a meadow.

Regards, Frank

Edited by Frank Marquard on 03-05-2009 12:25

Posted by conopid on 03-05-2009 10:50

Those very orange legs must narrow down the options? Not one I have ever seen (here in the UK) though.

Posted by jonas on 03-05-2009 11:06

Cool fly!
I'd say a female Cheilosia flavipes. (allthough I'm not sure, I have never seen one in real)

Bye, Jonas

Posted by Frank Marquard on 03-05-2009 11:39

Hello Nigel and Jonas,

thanks for your attention!
C. flavipes - our name is our motto - hold I for a very good possibility.
Perhaps is there still another opinion?

Regards, Frank

Posted by Robert Zoralski on 11-07-2012 20:23

Cheilosia flavipes (female) for sure - there are no other possibilities:
- bare eyes, not haire facial knob, completly yellow legs, black stutellum without bristles, broad eye rings, size >=10mm, date around 1 may in Germany, rounded tip of wings, yellow 3rd segment of antennae

I looked also at the shape of face of my specimens (1 may 2012 - Reda,Poland) - the same.

Males of Ch. flavipes are a little bit more difficult to determine because of haired eyes and blackish femora...

Cheers
Robert Zoralski