Summary[edit] Description: Thereva handlirschi. Found in Audriņi village near Rēzekne city, Latvia. Date: 11 August 2012. Source: Own work. Author: AfroBrazilian.
Summary[edit] Description: female Thereva sp. (Latreille, 1796) Deutsch: Die Luchsfliegen (Therevidae), auch bekannt als Stilettfliegen, sind eine Familie der Zweiflügler (Diptera). Hier werden sie zu den Fliegen (Brachycera) gezählt. English: Therevidae are a family of Diptera Asiloidea commonly known as stiletto flies. The family contains about 1,600 described species worldwide, most diverse in arid and semi-arid regions with sandy soils. Français : Therevidae, famille des Diptères Asilidae. Il existe environ 1 600 espèces à travers le monde. Date: 9 May 2011. Source: Own work. Author: Mathias Krumbholz. Other versions: . Camera location52° 29′ 29.01″ N, 12° 27′ 35.96″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 52.491392; 12.459989. This Photo was taken by me, Mathias Krumbholz. Using a Sony Alpha 700. If you like it, please visit my User category to see more of my pictures. : Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author and if you want send me a message.
I found this fly seeking shelter in my conservatory (Ipswich, VC25 East Suffolk, TM166450) on 28 July 2015... ie hanging onto the outside of the door in the high wind. I brought it in overnight and released it this morning. This photo was taken while it was getting used to the fresh morning air before flying away. Identified from the keys in Stubbs and Drake (2014) book on British Soldierflies and their allies. The colours of the hairs on the abdomen, pale halters, multiple rows of bristles in anteroventral hind femur and the shape and size of the black shiny patch on the face between the eyes are typical of Thereva nobilitata, by far the most common British species. ID confirmed by Ian Andrews on the Facebook UK Diptera group page.