Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Interesting fly!

Posted by davenicholls on 11-06-2010 18:55
#1

I found this today in woodland (England). I'm not sure which family it is even. Can anyone help with an ID?

Many thanks

Posted by Roger Thomason on 11-06-2010 19:09
#2

Female Rhagionidae. Someone may stick a title to it...Maybe Chrysopilus cristatus

Edited by Roger Thomason on 11-06-2010 19:12

Posted by Paul Beuk on 11-06-2010 19:56
#3

It is.

Posted by davenicholls on 11-06-2010 20:31
#4

Many thanks. I hadn't realised that this species was sexually dimorphic - but now I know!