Yellow spear-winged fly - Lonchoptera lutea
This species is captured in that cloudy and rainy afternoon in the South Park, Sofia, as the previous 7 species that I recently posted. They are all tagged "South park". I just did not believe I would see and capture something new, but it turned out that only for an hour or two I had great luck!
I had to use high ISO, as I do not like to use flash.
The yellow spear-winged fly or ''Lonchoptera lutea'', is the type species of the genus ''Lonchoptera''.
Adults vary a great deal in colour, from yellow to dark brown. The anteroventral bristle of the middle tibia is missing from the distal half. Scutellum brown to yellow. first and second antennal segments yellow, the third being dark, with a subapical arista.
Unlike most ''Lonchoptera'', ''Lonchoptera lutea'' shows a marked preference for unshaded habitats. It is widespread.. more
