Thread subject: Diptera.info :: help please

Posted by nigel pinhorn on 02-04-2011 18:13
#1

whilst looking for resting moths on tree trunks i keep coming across this fly - no doubt very common but it would be good to put a name to it
many thanks
nigel pinhorn
exeter, devon

Posted by nigel pinhorn on 02-04-2011 18:36
#2

one more attempt

Posted by Stephen R on 02-04-2011 20:21
#3

I'd guess Helina evecta, but if you change the title to 'Muscidae' someone more knowledgable will come along ;)

Edited by Stephen R on 02-04-2011 20:22

Posted by nigel pinhorn on 02-04-2011 20:32
#4

thanks stephen - i've done as you suggested
nigel

Posted by oxycera on 02-04-2011 20:57
#5

I tend to agree

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 02-04-2011 21:33
#6

The tibiae seem too pale : I think it's a Phaonia, maybe P. errans, but the picture is too small.