Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fly ID sought

Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 01-02-2008 20:07
#1
Well, familiy level would be OK, everything below a bonus! I saw these copulating flies in Amstelveen, the Netherlands, on 18 April 2007 (they may be really early, because that April was HOT by Dutch standards).

Medium sized, some 5 - 7 mm. Habitat: playing ground grass land surrounded by shrubs and medium sized trees.

May be Ophyra?? Any better suggestion is welcome!
Edited by Cor Zonneveld on 01-02-2008 20:15

Posted by Xespok on 01-02-2008 20:11
#2
Dasyphora sp, Muscidae?

Posted by Zeegers on 01-02-2008 20:31
#3
It's way out of my expert league, but Ophyra was my first guess as well.


Theo

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 01-02-2008 20:41
#4
Hydrotaea diabolus.

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 01-02-2008 20:42
#5
Hydrotaea diabolus

Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 01-02-2008 21:36
#6
Thanks all! Nice to have a convergent answer Wink