Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Like flies to a Stinkhorn......

Posted by Hurlzzz on 04-09-2023 13:45
#1
I came a cross a Stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus) fungus in the Woods yesterday (foothills of the Dublin Mountains, Ireland).

As is typical it had attracted several species of flies which had eaten away the black slimey cap revealing the "honey comb" surface.

Can anyone help identify them?
Edited by Hurlzzz on 04-09-2023 13:57

Posted by Hurlzzz on 04-09-2023 14:01
#2
Ready for my close up

Posted by Hurlzzz on 04-09-2023 14:02
#3
Reverse angle

Posted by Hurlzzz on 04-09-2023 14:04
#4
It seems to have an aphrodisiac effect for some species

Posted by tristram on 04-09-2023 15:57
#5
Dryomyza anilis

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 04-09-2023 17:23
#6
and Phaonia subventa, and Phaonia sp.

Posted by Hurlzzz on 05-09-2023 14:17
#7
Thank you @tristram and Nikita.