Sicus ferrugineus
I met this weird little fly for the first time this summer. First I thought it was some dead insect that stuck to the leaf. But the fly started to move. I quickly set up my photo equipment and started taking pictures. I was very surprised that the small fly was not particularly shy and has even posed for the pictures at some moments.
This species is common throughout much of Europe. These conopids mainly inhabit hedgerows and flower meadows.
The adults grow up to 8–13 millimetres (0.31–0.51 in) long. The body is mainly reddish-brown or yellow-brown. The head is yellow, quite large and inflated-looking, with a kind of bubble at the front and narrow cheeks. The short antennae are brown, their second segment has the same length or it is longer than the third. The large eyes are reddish. The legs and also the last abdomen segments are often darkened. The abdomen is long, round in cross-section, the seventh segment is oblong and conical. When in resting position the abdomen is usually folded forward. In the females theca is hardly distinguishable. The wings are transparent, but reddish-yellow colored at the base.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicus_ferrugineus
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