Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Kesselimyia chandleri? -> yes

Posted by Uta Hinze on 09-10-2022 17:30
#1
Hello,
9. Oktober 2022 - Germany - Lower Saxony - Dannenberg/Elbe, fly laying eggs on fungus.
Kind regards,
Uta
Edited by Uta Hinze on 10-10-2022 10:40

Posted by Uta Hinze on 09-10-2022 17:31
#2
pic 2

Posted by eklans on 10-10-2022 08:22
#3
Hello Uta, if the fungus is a Macrolepiota sp. we could be pretty sure, that you are right. But despite that I think female Kesselimyia chandleri is correct - see:
New records of the flat-footed flies (Diptera: Platypezidae) from the Czech Republic and Slovakia - TKOČ, MOCEK, BARTÁK, 2012

Posted by Uta Hinze on 10-10-2022 10:45
#4
Hello Eric,
thank you for your answer and the hint. The heads of the mushrooms were allmost done, but they looked like Parasol mushrooms (Macrolepiota).
Greetings, Uta