Thread subject:
Diptera.info :: small fly on garden pond ==> Hydrellia
Posted by
RE Niks
on 19-08-2023 21:29
#1
This small fly walked over the water surface of my garden pond (NL). I found the green eyes and yellow metatarsi (leg 2 and 3) striking. Can anybody help me to determine the species or at least family?
Thanks!
Edited by
RE Niks
on 20-08-2023 14:13
Posted by
Andrzej
on 19-08-2023 21:31
#2
change the thread to: unknown shore fly
Posted by
John Carr
on 20-08-2023 00:27
#3
Hydrellia
?
Posted by
Tony Irwin
on 20-08-2023 10:55
#4
Yes, it's
Hydrellia
, but unable to say which species from this photo.
Posted by
RE Niks
on 20-08-2023 14:12
#5
Andrzej wrote:
change the thread to: unknown shore fly
I never considered my garden pond to be a shore. I adapt the thread, however.