Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Anthomyiidae?? (England): probably Botanophila fugax

Posted by Michael Ackland on 20-09-2014 09:43
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Joanna is right. In spite of the good photos most of the distinguishing characters are difficult to photograph from a live specimen. A shot of the end of the abdomen from below might make it identifiable (sternite 5), but you need to catch and pin the specimen and shoot it under the microscope, or at least with a powerful macro lens.

I would quess at a Delia species and in the Delia cardui species group. The long ventral setae on the hind femur, and the rather long setae on the 5th tergite look familiar, and I may look through my collection to see if I can find something similar.