Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chocolate eyes

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 31-03-2006 18:40
#1
hello fly-forum,

this fly was sitting on my rucksack
near this fly, there where more flies like this one sitting on trees, but much more smaller.

~7 mm
redbraun eyes
black and heavy/hairy thorax
Biotoop: wet-woodforrest
(I've got some shots of the wings)


any suggestion?

greeting, Robert Heemskerk
Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 31-03-2006 18:42

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 31-03-2006 18:41
#2
one shot on the back of the fly

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 31-03-2006 19:01
#3
Sochi, 29.03, forest, 6mm.
I think Muscidae.

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 31-03-2006 19:38
#4
Yes, they look quite similar, also the veins have similarity.

Perhabs Ophyra sp.?
Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 31-03-2006 21:25

Posted by Kahis on 01-04-2006 06:56
#5
Hi Robert!

If the first fly was found in early spring it is most probably an anthomyiid called Egle ciliata. It is very common everywhere in Finland. All Egle species fly in the spring and feed on Salix flowers. E. ciliata is by far the largest species in the genus and (as the scientific name suggests) it has unusually long & dense hairs on thorax.

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 01-04-2006 10:56
#6
Hello Kahis,

Yes, this fly was yesterday and I saw it on Salix.
Nice to know, thank you for your reaction.

regards Robert,
Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 01-04-2006 10:56