Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Empis variegata?

Posted by blowave on 15-07-2008 00:31
#1

Hi,

I have found only two pics of <i>Empis variegata</i>, one was poor and the other was just about good enough to see that it looked like mine. That is if it was correct, it was from a reasonably reliable source. There is no pic of this in the Gallery.

Taken in my garden, near Lincoln UK.

13th July 2008.

Thanks :)

Posted by blowave on 15-07-2008 00:33
#2

It rested briefly on Sedum 'Frosty Morn'.

Edited by blowave on 15-07-2008 00:35

Posted by Paul Beuk on 15-07-2008 06:49
#3

Empis livida. Contrary to the males, the abdomen often appears blackish with dusted triangular markings laterally. E. variagata, as far as I know not yet recorded from Britain, also has maculate wings.

Posted by blowave on 15-07-2008 13:28
#4

Thank you Paul! She is very pretty :)