Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Small, slender Phaonia (?) from August-27 --> P. fuscata

Posted by Juergen Peters on 29-08-2009 00:53
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Hi!

This small (about 6-7 mm, see comparison with a typically sized Muscina levida on last pic) visited my fruit bait in the garden two days ago (northwest Germany). Is it Phaonia?

Edited by Juergen Peters on 29-08-2009 19:05

Posted by Juergen Peters on 29-08-2009 00:53
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Pic #2

Posted by Juergen Peters on 29-08-2009 00:54
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Pic #3

Posted by Juergen Peters on 29-08-2009 00:54
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Pic #4

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 29-08-2009 08:59
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Phaonia fuscata, slender, yellow legs, 3 post dc and strongly infuscated crossveins.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 29-08-2009 19:04
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Hello, Stephane!

Stephane Lebrun wrote:
Phaonia fuscata, slender, yellow legs, 3 post dc and strongly infuscated crossveins.


Thanks again! I thought of P. furcata, but I knew it as a typical spring species until now (mostly April, sometimes already in March).