Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Scathophagidae? 2, ID please

Posted by tim worfolk on 12-06-2009 16:25
#1
Another Scathophagidae I think - hairs on the back of the head?

12/6/2009; Devon, England.

Thanks

Tim

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 12-06-2009 16:36
#2
Scathophaga stercoraria.

Posted by tim worfolk on 12-06-2009 16:43
#3
Thanks Stephane, again. I'm amazed at how different this species can look, I was convinced it was something different. Is there an infallible character that always identifies it?

Tim

Posted by Roger Thomason on 12-06-2009 17:03
#4
Black Antennae for one..someone may know others.

Regards Roger