3 flies and a moth for ID

[djeyewater]

#1 Small fly, About 4-5mm


#2 About 4mm, at first I thought it was Yellow Swarming fly but its actually quite different to the pics I've seen of that


#3 About 12mm


#4 A small moth, about 8-10mm. I don't think this one will be IDable since I didn't get a picture of the top of its wings I'm afraid, but I thought I might as well post it just in case anyone can ID it.


Thanks

Dave

[oxycera]

#2 is a Chloropid (don't know anything about them)
#3 tachinid, Eriothrix rufomaculatus
#1 looks somewhat sciomyzid-like, but I may be over-ruled on that one

[Dogghound]

2. Is Cetema cereris

[Jason Green]

Evening Dave,

RE The moth: Narrowing it down.

It's a white micromoth, dark sideward eyes, antennaes around 60% bodylength and two stumps in front of the head perhaps visible from above...

I'll re-post if I think of anything.

Take care,

Jason

[haematocephalus]

This a bit of a wild guess, but the only suggestion I can make for the moth is Blastobasis lacticolella (formerly Blastobasis decolorella) - the wings seem rather long and thin which made me think of Blastobasis.

But I can't be certain from the photo - you could always start compiling pictures for the field guide to the undersides of moths, might be a very useful book to have!

Martin


Martin Harvey

[djeyewater]

Thanks for the help everyone!