Help with identifications, field craft and other topics relating to Diptera
Can any one identify this? Seen on an ornamental pond, motionless too far away and then it vanished. I thought it was a dolichopod but can't find a match. I have this down as the second most mindless killer.
Is this Tephritis ruralis please? Beds. 28 March 2022. Looks right, especially wing, but only T3 has basal hairs black.
Is this Tephritis divisa please? Beds.
This tiny fly from the recent FSC DIptera families course looks like a candidate for Forcipomyia bipunctata, based purely on overall appearance. Are there any similar species?
Is this Egle rhinotmeta please? Herts wet woodland.
Hi All. I've just added Scathophagidae to my Flickr site. The link is here:
This photo was sent to me recently and appears to be Mydaea sp insofar as the bulge in the mediastinal vein is present.
