Posted by blaauw7 on 26-04-2015 17:03
#1
Found in my garden. Rather small Tachinidae. River Rhine area Netherlands. Ceranthia lichtwardtiana?
Gr Dick
Edited by blaauw7 on 27-04-2015 15:46
Posted by Zeegers on 26-04-2015 17:49
#2
No, it is a Siphona.
You overlooked the proboscis, it is double folded beneath the head. You can just see the tip of the proboscis before the left front femur..
Head and antennal shape, golden yellow parafrontals and esp. lack of lateral marginal setae on syntergite 1&2 indicate that this is (the male of) Siphona maculata. A typical spring species.
Theo