Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Dolichopodidae: Liancalus virens

Posted by Stephen R on 11-03-2010 14:59
#1
c.7mm, Clitheroe, 9 March 2010. Carboniferous limestone retaining wall with seepages. This keyed out easily as a female L. virens, but confirmation would be a comfort. I found what is probably the same individual feeding at one of the seepages yesterday, and again today resting at the same place.

I will post a question about its prey in the larvae forum.
Edited by Stephen R on 15-03-2010 11:30

Posted by Stephen R on 11-03-2010 15:01
#2
dorsal view. The fly was facing up the vertical surface, but I have rotated the pictures to fit the page better.
Edited by Stephen R on 11-03-2010 15:03

Posted by Marc Pollet on 14-03-2010 00:26
#3
Dear Stephen,

This is unmistakably L. virens.
Cheers,
Marc

Posted by Stephen R on 14-03-2010 19:59
#4
Many thanks Marc.