Thread subject: Diptera.info :: white frons spotted fly --> Sarcophagidae Metopia sp

Posted by pat_der2003 on 28-07-2011 20:22
#1
Loire-Atlantique, western France, July 17 2011.


seen twice at the east edge of a wood ...

4 mm long.
Edited by pat_der2003 on 29-07-2011 17:46

Posted by pat_der2003 on 28-07-2011 20:24
#2
this white spot is very shiny and attract the look ...

Posted by tristram on 28-07-2011 20:31
#3
Looks like a Miltogramma sp (Sarcophagidae), eg:
http://diptera.in...to_id=3544
http://diptera.in...to_id=3745

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 28-07-2011 20:40
#4
Not exactly, this is a male Metopia.

Posted by tristram on 28-07-2011 20:50
#5
Of course! The long antennae, for a start. I obviously have to take more care with Sarcophagidae.

Posted by pat_der2003 on 29-07-2011 17:45
#6
Many thanks to both of you !! :)