Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fly ID

Posted by jezlee on 14-08-2010 19:16
#1
Hello all - can anyone help me with this one? Photographed in the house this afternoon, here in Wolverhampton ... :)

Posted by jezlee on 14-08-2010 19:16
#2
And another view ...

Posted by jezlee on 14-08-2010 19:18
#3
It looks a little like the one I posted earlier in the day:

http://www.dipter...d_id=32478
Edited by jezlee on 14-08-2010 19:19

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 14-08-2010 19:37
#4
Helina clara

Posted by jezlee on 14-08-2010 23:01
#5
jorgemotalmeida wrote:
Helina clara


Thanks, Jorge! :)

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 15-08-2010 09:18
#6
No it is Helina sexmaculata : mesonotum with 2 brown spots after the suture + scutellum with 2 lateral spots.
Helina clara is a more southern species with 3 spots after the suture and without lateral spots on scutellum.
Both species are close.

Posted by jezlee on 15-08-2010 10:43
#7
Stephane Lebrun wrote:
No it is Helina sexmaculata : mesonotum with 2 brown spots after the suture + scutellum with 2 lateral spots.
Helina clara is a more southern species with 3 spots after the suture and without lateral spots on scutellum.
Both species are close.


Thanks, Stephane - your expert advice is much appreciated! :)