Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: Therevid Fly?, 1 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
A front on pic of Thereva nobilitata(?) which has facial hair as mine has, but it is very enlarged and looks enhanced.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/24696360/in/set-590338/

I think they had got it wrong, the next site shows a different colour insect

http://www.plantpress.com/wildlife/o412-commonstilettofly.ph...

But the description they give sounds promising:
"
This fly has a long brown hairy body with slender legs. The adults, conspicuous with their golden hairs, can be found sitting quietly on open ground or vegetation,"

The next site also has it, there are more sites with Thereva nobilitata than Thereva handlirschi and the pic looks promising.

http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/insects/therevidae.htm

It states "Larvae omnivorous in leaf litter" of which I have plenty, but that could be true for any of the genus.

Here it is again, Thereva nobilitata, it compares very well.

http://www.gardensafari.net/english/robberflies.htm

On that note, and another pic of mine, and it's gone 4am here, I am fairly happy to call it Thereva nobilitata.