Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Dioctria oelandica with hymenopteran prey.

Posted by SteveNic on 12-07-2010 13:37
#1
Hi,

I'm pretty sure from the orange on the third pair of legs that this is D. oelandica but would appreciate confirmation. Besides it is such a handsome fly I thought I'd share it. seen in our garden in mid-Wales.

i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll285/Soppywolf/doelandica-1.jpg

Edit to link to picture as I'm having attachment failure.
Edited by SteveNic on 12-07-2010 13:53

Posted by Quaedfliegh on 12-07-2010 23:34
#2
Correct, blackened wings are good clue too