Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Scatophaga ? --> stercoraria
Posted by pat_der2003 on 29-11-2009 12:22
#1
Loire-atlantique, western France, october 09 2009.
is it S. stercoraria or may be another one ?
Edited by pat_der2003 on 29-11-2009 20:57
Posted by pat_der2003 on 29-11-2009 12:22
#2
a dorsal view
Posted by Roger Thomason on 29-11-2009 12:49
#3
Black antennae is
S.stercoraria. :|
Posted by pat_der2003 on 29-11-2009 13:05
#4
Many thanks Roger ! :)
that was my first guess ! but i've got some S. stercoraria with dense hairy yellowish-greenish legs, you can see here :
http://picasaweb....1200437266
so ... i thought may be ... it's another one ! ;)
Posted by pat_der2003 on 29-11-2009 17:23
#6
Indeed, it is variable !! ;)
Posted by Stephen R on 29-11-2009 17:29
#7
Also sexually dimorphic - the yellow furry ones are males.
Edited by Stephen R on 29-11-2009 17:31
Posted by pat_der2003 on 29-11-2009 20:57
#8
Thanks a lot ! :)