Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Unusual fly with silver abdomen.

Posted by nomad on 18-08-2017 21:38
#1
I believe this is a Diptera . Sorry the image is not sharp, just a chance for a quick image before the insect was gone. Found Cothill Fen, Oxfordshire. Wet fen. August 2017.


i.imgur.com/pEHp93r.jpg

Posted by John Carr on 18-08-2017 22:51
#2
Sciomyzidae, possibly Sepedon

Posted by Tony Irwin on 19-08-2017 13:49
#3
Yes, Sepedon sphegea

Posted by nomad on 19-08-2017 14:19
#4
Many thanks Guys for the ID.|t