Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Welsh Fly

Posted by oceanlis2000 on 10-01-2011 15:51
#1
I would be grateful if any help on this fly taken in mid-Wales on 21_07_10

Possibly a tachinid

Thanks

Posted by oceanlis2000 on 10-01-2011 15:52
#2
Photo 2

Posted by ChrisR on 10-01-2011 15:54
#3
Dinera grisescens perhaps? :)

Posted by oceanlis2000 on 10-01-2011 15:55
#4
Photo 3

Posted by oceanlis2000 on 10-01-2011 15:56
#5
Photo 4

Posted by ChrisR on 10-01-2011 16:37
#6
My local Dinera grisescens look like this, which has slightly different wing venation so I am going to hedge my bets with a guess of a female Solieria ;)
chrisraper.org.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/Dinera-grisescens-Moor-Copse-20100703-30.jpg
Edited by ChrisR on 10-01-2011 16:37

Posted by oceanlis2000 on 17-01-2011 11:08
#7
Thanks Chris

They do look very similar! pretty tough