Posted by
LordV on 29-09-2005 07:46
#1
Sorting through my macro shots from this year and have been unable to ID the following.
pic #6 about 15mm long, pic #7 about 10mm long.
Thanks Brian V.
#2
The first is
Chloromyia formosa, the second is (I think)
Beris vallata. Both are soldier flies. The reason why I am not sure about the second is that it is a lateral view and for females, the distinguishing characters are visible in dorsal view.
B. vallata has more yellowish wings than
B. clavipes and I think that is visible in this shot. As a rule, it is also found later in the year, but without date that the picture was taken, that cannot be verified now.
