Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Grey and yellow fly with red vivid eyes

Posted by omattelart on 30-04-2009 15:55
#1
The first time I notice that one.
I hope you can give me an idea of its family.

www.oliviermattelart.be/temp/nature/_DSC4379_s.jpg

www.oliviermattelart.be/temp/nature/_DSC4381_s.jpg

(26/04/2009 11:33, Louvain-la-neuve, Belgium).
Taken at the entrance of a wood, close to a pound.

Cheers,

Olivier
Edited by omattelart on 30-04-2009 15:58

Posted by lagura on 30-04-2009 20:49
#2
Muscidae. Probably Phaonia rufiventris. A male.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 30-04-2009 22:27
#3
lagura wrote:
Muscidae. Probably Phaonia rufiventris. A male.


Or P. subventa? The orange looks rather pale to me.

Posted by omattelart on 01-05-2009 18:37
#4
Thanks to both, in any case ;)