Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae?

Posted by nick upton on 01-12-2015 18:44
#1
A small bristly fly with bristles along the edges of the wings. A tachinid maybe?

c 8mm, woodland clearing, Gloucestershire, UK, 10.9.15
Edited by nick upton on 01-12-2015 18:52

Posted by nick upton on 01-12-2015 18:46
#2
wing close up

Posted by Juergen Peters on 01-12-2015 18:57
#3
Hello,

my non-expert opinion: Siphona sp..

Posted by nick upton on 01-12-2015 19:09
#4
Many thanks for the suggestion. S. geniculata and S. cristata seem to be the commonest UK species, reported from this area.