Posted by Gumenuk Vitalij on 30-11-2008 06:40
#1
To which family does this belong?
Moscow, Kuzminsky forest park, summer 1986
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 30-11-2008 07:36
#2
Empis (pennipes?), Empididae
Posted by Paul Beuk on 30-11-2008 08:29
#3
If this is
Veronica flower, then I'd say that it is smaller than
E. pennipes and there appears to little pennation on the legs, too. In all honesty, I cannot make out the fork in R4+5, either. It could also be a species of
Rhamphomyia.