CLOSED: Empis livida, Empididae

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Aug 13, 2007

I think this is correct, Empis livida Family Empididae which we don't yet have.

http://popgen.unimaas.nl/~jlindsey/commanster/Insects/Flies/SuFlies/Empis.livida.html

http://www.diptera.info/photogallery.php?photo_id=316

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empididae


This is the male, I probably have the female too as I have others but more than one female species.

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Aug 13, 2007

Yes Janet, I agree that looks like Empis livida.

I have created an entry for it here: http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/4859/

You are certainly getting a good broad coverage of the flies in your area!

Ken

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Aug 13, 2007

Thanks Ken, only one image, had some more not perfectly focused but this shows enough.

I need a bigger MP camera (my son is going to buy me one), many of the bugs I have are too small for the 5MP I have! There are all sorts of tiny predator flies with long legs which I can just get but are too small, some only about 3mm long! It's the mixture of plants and hedge location I have that attract them I think, I had some black aphids on a dahlia's stems and watched it, there was a whole food chain going on there. Of course you have to spend time stood amongst the shrubbery when the sun shines!

Plenty more to come....

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Aug 14, 2007

Thanks Janet, your image of Empis livida is now illustrating the Empididae in the index,

Ken

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