Posted by MikeP on 29-06-2025 18:56
#1
Can any of the experts tell me what this is?
Image taken today 29.6.2025 in Pötzleinsdorf near Vienna.
Thank you very much,
Mike
Edited by MikeP on 30-06-2025 07:12
Posted by MikeP on 30-06-2025 07:11
#3
Many thanks again Eric! I really appreciate your kind support!
Could you agree to Leucophora cinera as a likely species (according to this images:
https://macroid.r...;cat=33957?
Greetings,
Mike
Posted by eklans on 30-06-2025 08:13
#4
Hi Mike, it's hard to go to species level without seeing more details of the bristles. But
L. cinerea's frons' width measures only one quarter of the head's width, so I think it's not
L. cinerea as your fly's is about one third - if the arista is long pubescent(?) and mid tibia without an av-seta(!) it could be a female
Leucophora sociata.