Thread subject: Diptera.info :: mosquito or fly?

Posted by shar on 21-05-2006 13:22
#1
Dear members,

Could someone tell me if this is a fly or a mosquito? It appeared in my garden and looked beautifully silverish. Unfortunately my friend had the camera with the macrolens so the picture is not that well, but maybe someone still can tell.

Thanks.

Greeting,
shar

Posted by Jan Willem on 21-05-2006 13:25
#2
Hi Sharon,

It is neither a fly nor a mosquito. It is a hymenopteran, more specifically, a sawfly (Symphyta).

Jan Willem

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 21-05-2006 13:27
#3
And Jan Willem beat me to it!GrinGrin

Posted by shar on 21-05-2006 15:32
#4
Hi Jan Willem and Gerard,

thank you both for IDSmile I hope I will see this sawfly again.

gr,
Shar

Posted by Juergen Peters on 21-05-2006 17:17
#5
Hello, shar!

shar wrote:
Could someone tell me if this is a fly or a mosquito?


It's a sawfly, Pachyprotasis cf. rapae. The larvae are feeding on many Brassicaceae.

Posted by shar on 22-05-2006 19:46
#6
Dear Jurgen,

Thank you for ID.

You have spotted a lot of insects Wink

gr,
Shar