Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tephritidae; Tephritis ruralis, Sussex

Posted by Will van Niekerk on 18-05-2012 17:43
#1
Is it Oxyna? It looks like O. parietina to me, but that's not saying much.

Quite small... perhaps 4mm or less?

In narrow strip of setaside between vacant (recently tilled) field/windbreak of youngish birch trees.

Bosham, West Sussex, UK.

17 May 2012

EDIT - updated title from "Tephritidae; ?Oxyna?, Sussex"
Edited by Will van Niekerk on 18-05-2012 20:29

Posted by Will van Niekerk on 18-05-2012 17:46
#2
Another angle (equally poor, sorry)
Edited by Will van Niekerk on 18-05-2012 17:50

Posted by Nosferatumyia on 18-05-2012 20:19
#3
Tephritis ruralis
Edited by Nosferatumyia on 18-05-2012 20:21

Posted by Will van Niekerk on 18-05-2012 20:28
#4
Thank you! Updating title to match.