Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Campichoetidae

Posted by blowave on 18-10-2010 22:25
#1

Hello,

I got two different flies on the same day on Ivy, 15th October. (my garden near Lincoln UK).

The previous fly I had and is in the gallery, Campichoeta obscuripennis, seems to be the same but there looks to be differences.

The first fly, pics 1 & 2, has the white tip to the tail but the antennae look smaller and the face not as long. That could be an illusion due to the angle, it is a female so is probably the same species.

The second fly, pics 3 & 4 I think could be the male of the same species! They both had the same wing pattern, dark with two light patches separated by a dark area in the middle.

Is this correct?

Janet :)

pic 1

Posted by blowave on 18-10-2010 22:26
#2

pic 2

Posted by blowave on 18-10-2010 22:26
#3

pic 3 (male?)

Posted by blowave on 18-10-2010 22:27
#4

pic 4 (male?)

Posted by Paul Beuk on 19-10-2010 09:43
#5

Campichoeta obscuripennis, I think.

Posted by blowave on 19-10-2010 13:00
#6

Thanks Paul, sure enough for the gallery? It would be good to show the wing pattern as well as the male.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 19-10-2010 13:04
#7

Sure, sumbit them. For certainty I will check them when I get back to the office but I am quite confident.