Tachinid Rock Clinger. Gonia ornata, Angle-Jawed Fly, Boca del Paso, Adeje, Tenerife, Canary Islands
On our hike up from Adeje to the Boca del Paso, Olymp suddenly spotted this particularly beautiful fly on a rock face. Just look at its forehead!
I was not entirely sure what it is more precisely but Thijs de Graaf (see below) helped me on the way. Dave - also below - helped me as well. It does look like Gonia ornata but there's a discussion among fly experts that it might be Gonia bimaculata given the season.
Tachinid Rock Clinger. Gonia ornata, Angle-Jawed Fly, Boca del Paso, Adeje, Tenerife, Canary Islands
On our hike up from Adeje to the Boca del Paso, Olymp suddenly spotted this particularly beautiful fly on a rock face. Just look at its forehead!
I was not entirely sure what it is more precisely but Thijs de Graaf (see below) helped me on the way. Dave - also below - helped me as well. It does look like Gonia ornata but there's a discussion among fly experts that it might be Gonia bimaculata given the season.