David Element
Wildlife Photography and Digital Video Images
_________________________________________________________________________________________Flies 67 – Coastal Silver-stiletto Flies
COASTAL
SILVER-STILETTO FLY Acrosathe annulata
(m)
·
As
inferred by the vernacular name, the Coastal Silver-stiletto Fly Acrosathe annulata (Therevidae)
is to be found at sandy coastal locations, although not exclusively so, as it
is also to be found at some heathland sites. Their opalescent wings are rather
attractive! Females are larger and much less hairy than their hirsute male
counterparts. Pale halteres (invisible in the photograph) and a hairy face help
to distinguish the male of this fly from similar species. The photograph was
taken in Kent.
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