Interesting Flys

GOLDENORFE

a few more new varietys of flys i shot at delamere forest.
can anyone id the last 2 shots, small sawfly/ichneumon wasp? eating greenfly?
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

black & white fly covered in white pollen


is this a Dance Fly ?




wing cleaning?









thanks for looking.
phil

Awais Yaqub

3rd is my favorite among this great series !

Lord Vetinari

Lovely series Phil
#2 & #3 are indeed dance flies (Empididae) look like Empis sp.
Last 2 shots look like a Robber fly.
Brian v.

GOLDENORFE

thanks Awais & Brian.
it does look like a robber fly, but it was alot smaller than usually seen at the same location, thats why i wasnt sure of id.
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

darkdragon

#3 is an amazing image. Love the clarity and composition and the fact it is different (in the flower rather then on a leaf, etc) from other shots i've seen.

IPClark

More fantastic shots Phil. Superb detail and again, amazing clarity.

Delamere Forest? Damn I didn't know you were so close. . I suppose I assumed you were stateside

Skippy

GOLDENORFE wrote:

a few more new varietys of flys i shot at delamere forest.
can anyone id the last 2 shots, small sawfly/ichneumon wasp? eating greenfly?
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

black & white fly covered in white pollen
is this a Dance Fly ?
wing cleaning?

thanks for looking.
phil

Another Excellent series from you Phil, are these stacked as well?
You found such a huge variety of insects lately I'm amazed at what you've been able to find .... Skippy
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Lord Vetinari

GOLDENORFE wrote:

it does look like a robber fly, but it was alot smaller than usually seen at the same location, thats why i wasnt sure of id.
phil

Phil can ony say I looked up robber flies after seeing some other photos of fairly small ones. Size range was quoted as 3mm to 25mm.
Brian V.

GOLDENORFE

Skippy wrote:

Another Excellent series from you Phil, are these stacked as well?
You found such a huge variety of insects lately I'm amazed at what you've been able to find .... Skippy
.

all stacked exept first 2 shots.
seeing loads different varietys, more to come.
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

GOLDENORFE

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Phil can ony say I looked up robber flies after seeing some other photos of fairly small ones. Size range was quoted as 3mm to 25mm.
Brian V.

thanks Brian, i assumed all robberflys were quite large!
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/