Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Brachycera

Posted by olep on 20-02-2026 18:51
#1

This Brachycera was found in the Swedish mountains around +700m above sea level mid august 2025. Close to a small creek. Is it perhaps an Empididae? - and if so is it possible to say what subfamily or even genus it belongs to?
Wing about 4-6 mm head, thorax and feet are black.

Edited by olep on 20-02-2026 18:54

Posted by olep on 20-02-2026 18:51
#2

Wing 4-6 mm

Posted by olep on 20-02-2026 18:52
#3

Black head a bit different focus on the two photos

Posted by John Carr on 20-02-2026 19:20
#4

Subfamily Tachydromiinae