Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Anthomyiidae on Tanacetum vulgare

Posted by lagura on 23-01-2009 11:55
#1

Can any further ID be made?

Size: ~5mm
Date: 8 August 2008
Location: Small meadow near apartment buildings (Helsingborg, Sweden)

Thank you!

Posted by Michael Ackland on 23-01-2009 13:31
#2

Might be a female Botanophila! Why are most photos of anthomyiids females, perhaps because they feed on flowers more than the males?

Posted by lagura on 24-01-2009 11:12
#3

Thanks. Yes, it might be.
Interesting question. Most of my Anthomyiidae photos are of females. Perhaps the males keep a lower profile :)