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.