Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Dance fly - Empis lutea ?

Posted by Richard Fasen on 14-05-2016 10:26
#1

Hi,
I photographed this fly in Veldhoven, the south of the Netherlands, near a small river a couple of days ago.
I have searched other websites to determine this fly, but did not succeed.
Well, i am not quite sure : I think it is Empis lutea - dance fly species.

Hope somebody can tell me which dance fly species it really is.
More help from this great site is appreciated.

Thank you very much,
Richard

Posted by Roger Thomason on 14-05-2016 11:07
#2

Empis (Xanthempis) trigramma (male) I think.

Edited by Roger Thomason on 14-05-2016 11:08

Posted by Paul Beuk on 18-05-2016 07:50
#3

Probably, yes, because it cannot be lutea on account of the dark markings on the mesonotum.