Spider & Flies for ID please

[Nettle Runner]

Sherwood Forest 5 July 2009

All were found in the oak woodland.


Found low down in grass.


On brambles between Oak and Conifer woodlands.


On vegetation under Oak trees.


On vegetation under Oak trees


On an Oak tree. I thought that Crane flies had there wings spread out at 90 deg to the body. So this one has be confused.

Any assistance towards an ID will be appreciated.
Thanks, Les

[Laurence Clemons]

I can only attempt the flies.
1 Dioctria rufipes
2 is an anthomyiid - possibly Botanophila fugax
3 is another anthomyiid - Hylemya vagans
4 is Metalimnobia quadrinotata (or similar).

[Venger]

Spider looks like an Enoplognatha sp

[lync]

The Dioctria is baumhaueri.

[Nettle Runner]

Many thanks for your guidance towards an ID on these images. It is very helpful to be able to add keywords to ones images for future reference.

Thank you Lawrence for the fly IDs, and to Venger for the spider ID. Hi lync, and thanks for your input which gave another sp. for me to read up on. It all helps with learning about these fascinating insects.
Les

[lync]

Sweep around Silver Birch by any decent size stretch of wasteground and you'll be guaranteed D.baumhaueri this time of year.

[JRsbugs]

Dioctria baumhaueri is now considered a synonym of D. hyalipennis.

Diptera.info - Photo Albums: Dioctria hyalipennis (female) (1)

Janet