Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Is this a Stout fly?

Posted by Toby on 05-02-2007 01:34
#1

found today on a fence in a London Park:

www.pbase.com/racketman/image/73971698.jpg

Posted by Paul Beuk on 05-02-2007 08:32
#2

I did not hear of the name 'Stout fly' before, so I cannot confirm that, but it looks like a member of the Coenomyiinae, a subfamily of the Xylophagidae.

Posted by Kahis on 05-02-2007 09:11
#3

Hmm. I'd say it is a black fly (Simuliidae).

Posted by Paul Beuk on 05-02-2007 09:41
#4

LoL, I'd say you are right!

Posted by Toby on 05-02-2007 14:46
#5

thanks guys, a look through Bioimages confirms this ID.