Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Which fly is this?
Posted by jezlee on 14-08-2009 17:49
#1
Can any of our resident experts help me with this one? Photographed today in my conservatory in Wolverhampton, England.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 14-08-2009 22:12
#2
Non-resident expert can :D
female of
Coenosia tigrina
Posted by jezlee on 14-08-2009 22:32
#3
Nikita Vikhrev wrote:
Non-resident expert can :D
female of Coenosia tigrina
Thanks, Nikita! Could you tell me (in layman's terms!) how you know it's a female? :)
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 14-08-2009 22:41
#4
Due to the shape of abdomen - wide laterally, but distinctly narrowed at apex.
Posted by jezlee on 14-08-2009 23:30
#5
Nikita Vikhrev wrote:
Due to the shape of abdomen - wide laterally, but distinctly narrowed at apex.
Why has the C.tigrina in the attached pic got black stripes on the abdomen, but the first one I posted hasn't? :|
Posted by jezlee on 14-08-2009 23:34
#6
Sorry, Nikita - here's the pic ...