Natural History Photographs

by Cor Zonneveld


Family Anthomyiidae - subfamily Anthyiinae
tribe Chirosiini


Chirosia albitarsis
ID based on collected specimens
Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen, the Netherlands; 21 May 2011.
Female on larval host plant, Pteridium aquilinum.


Egle ciliata
Amstelveen, the Netherlands; 2 April 2010.
Male feeding at willow catkins (Salix spec.).
Amstelveen, the Netherlands; 12 March 2011. Female.


Egle concomitans
ID based on collected specimens
Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen, the Netherlands; 21 May 2011.

Male on trunk of White Poplar, Populus albus.
This is the first recorded observation of this species in the Netherlands.


Lasiomma anthomyinum
Amstelveen, the Netherlands; 22 April 2010.


Lasiomma cf. seminitidum
Amstelveen, the Netherlands; 11 April 2010. Female.
Amstelveen, the Netherlands; 11 April 2010. Male.