Anasimyia contracta at Cullaloe LNR

I've found one or two mostly around the spillway but this one was further along the path

Hydrotaea at Cullaloe LNR

Hydrotaea is a genus in the family Muscidae and they have (all of them?) very curious modifications to their legs. So far this year I've seen three species - armipes, meteorica and floccosa.

armipes is a new county record, meteorica appears to be second for Scotland while floccosa appears to be new to Scotland altogether - not a bad collection.

Hydrotea armipes

A curious hook on femur 3

Femur 1 - two bumps and a tooth

Hydrotea floccosa

Femur 1

Neoascia meticulosa at Cullaloe LNR

From Marsh Marigold on the 3rd of May

Tipula submarmorata new to Fife from Cullaloe LNR

A male swept pathside

Tipula rufina, Cullaloe LNR

On a wooden fence this morning, my first of the year, though Tipula vittata beat it to the punch for first Tipula by a matter of days

Suillia bicolor from Dalgety Bay

The curious hairage of S.bicolor - all hairy pre-suture and bare thereafter

Suilia affinis at Cullaloe LNR.

An interesting species in the bottle trap at Cullaloe was new for Fife, though subsequently I found another unidentified specimen of this on a pin from Dalgety Bay last year. As an English name I'd go for Speckled Suillia!

(edit: I now think these are S.variegata)