Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 13-03-2015 12:26
#1
Hi,
can someone identify this fly? It was having a meal in the sun yesterday afternoon.
Thank you very much!
Lennart
2015-03-12, Germany, S-H, Mohrkirch, on a rotten apple in the garden
Edited by Lennart Bendixen on 13-03-2015 21:21
Posted by John Carr on 13-03-2015 12:30
#3
Pollenia
Some species overwinter as adults and are common on the first warm days of spring.
Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 13-03-2015 21:20
#4
Thank you John!
I only knew those Pollenia species with more golden hair on the pronotum - or is it just gone, because the fly is aged?
Posted by John Carr on 13-03-2015 22:53
#5
Lennart Bendixen wrote:
Thank you John!
I only knew those Pollenia species with more golden hair on the pronotum - or is it just gone, because the fly is aged?
They can lose the yellow hair. This one still has hair on the side of the thorax.