Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Empis sp?

Posted by gardensafarinl on 15-05-2006 11:28
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I am probably just an old boar, nagging about uninteresting details, but I would like to be certain anyway. Photographed this Empis yesterday in eastern Holland. At first I thought Empis opaca, but I think the legs are too dark. Then Empis tesselata, but it was quite small (some 8 mm) and I think the legs are a bit too reddish for E. tesselata. But I could be wrong there. Any other similar species? Your help is enormously appreciated.
www.gardensafari.net/temp/empis_sp_hs6_1669_schoon.jpg

www.gardensafari.net/temp/empis_sp_hs6_1670_schoon.jpg

More or bigger pictures re available if needed.