Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Empid fly ?
Posted by LordV on 08-09-2006 08:59
#1
I assume this is a dance fly ? Taken 07/09/06 South coast UK body length about 5mm
any futher ID ?
Thanks Brian V.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 08-09-2006 09:38
#2
Hi
after all, amazing and stunning photos... as usual!
I would vote for Empididae fly too. :)
I will take a risk and tell this could be an Empis sp. ?
Posted by Stephen on 08-09-2006 11:05
#3
Sure looks like a Dance Fly to me: big hump-backed thorax, tapering abdomen, round head, and prominent probocis. The only thing that makes me pause is, I have read that the eyes do not meet on Dance Flies. It looks to me like the eyes do meet on this fly.
Posted by Jan Willem on 08-09-2006 13:07
#4
Empididae, no doubt about it! But whether it's
Empis or
Rhamphomyia I can't see.
Jan Willem