Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Diptera-ID

Posted by Lars G R Nilsson on 15-04-2012 19:02
#1

I need help with id of a fly I found sitting om a flower Tussilago farfara on 14 may 2012. Location is in southern Sweden outside the city of Lund. WGS 84 (lat, lon):N 55° 39.693', E 13° 34.570'

Posted by Lars G R Nilsson on 15-04-2012 19:05
#2

Additional photo.

Posted by Lars G R Nilsson on 15-04-2012 19:06
#3

Third and final photo comes here.

Posted by ChrisR on 15-04-2012 19:09
#4

Gonia picea (Tachinidae) :)

Posted by Lars G R Nilsson on 15-04-2012 20:36
#5

Thanks for a quick answer Chris.

Posted by Lars G R Nilsson on 15-04-2012 22:45
#6

I seem to be a man of the future. I stated that the fly was recorded on 14 may 2012. I should of course be april. :)

Posted by ChrisR on 16-04-2012 07:33
#7

April does sound a lot better for Gonia picea ;) I saw them here in March and now the colony at that site has vanished so they must be over.