Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinid - Siphona
Posted by Sandy on 04-10-2010 07:23
#1
These flies were photographed on watercress. They remind me of very small tachinids. Note the thin horizontal proboscis. Can anyone help identify this fly species?
Sandy
Edited by Sandy on 05-10-2010 08:12
Posted by Sandy on 04-10-2010 07:24
#2
And this one.
Posted by rvanderweele on 04-10-2010 07:52
#3
Looks like a Siphona to me. OMG, the first time I am making a guess for a Tachinid genus.
Posted by ChrisR on 04-10-2010 09:03
#4
Yeah, it's a bit dark in colour but if it has a proboscis like that then it can only be
Siphona - possibly
geniculata :)
Posted by Sandy on 05-10-2010 08:02
#5
Thanks Ruud and Chris :)
Good tip worth remembering on the shape of Siphona's proboscis.