Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Sarcophagidae Nyctia halterata? female
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| blowave |
Posted on 26-12-2010 01:00
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Hi! There's only pics of males of this in the gallery, is this correct? I'm sure it was a small fly maybe 4mm, but I haven't marked the size. It moved in a jerking fashion while it licked up whatever there was on the leaf. 11th June 2010, my garden near Lincoln UK. 2 pics. Janet 
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| blowave |
Posted on 26-12-2010 01:01
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pic 2
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 26-12-2010 02:08
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Looks OK to me
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| blowave |
Posted on 26-12-2010 02:15
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Thanks Chris! I'll put one in the gallery, not sure which is best. The first looks good but the second pic shows the legs better.
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 26-12-2010 02:22
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Hmm, yeah hard to say really - they both show the salient bits though - the way that the median vein is strongly concave after the bend and the dark costal part ... a better photo might show the absence of subscutellum but then I doubt you'd get the rest in 
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| blowave |
Posted on 26-12-2010 02:41
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I got another pic 3 days later, is this better? It was difficult enough to take decent shots of without getting the subscutellum! 
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