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| Antonym |
Posted on 14-01-2012 22:59
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Member Location: Stafford UK Posts: 18 Joined: 15.09.09 |
Saw this beastie alongside a creek in NSW. It was seriously big, like more than 3 cm long. sorry for the poor quality of the photograph, it was at quite a distance. Could someone kindly ID it ? Tony Moore. Antonym attached the following image:  [168.93Kb] |
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| rvanderweele |
Posted on 14-01-2012 23:11
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Member Location: Leiden, the Netherlands Posts: 1988 Joined: 01.11.06 |
It is a robberfly, Asilidae, possibly Asilus crabroniformis. But I am not a robberfly specialist.
ruud van der weele rvanderweele@gmail.com |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 15-01-2012 09:59
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Asilus crabroniformis in New South Wales? I don't think so...
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| rvanderweele |
Posted on 15-01-2012 10:09
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Member Location: Leiden, the Netherlands Posts: 1988 Joined: 01.11.06 |
No, impossible, I didn't see the location, so I thouht it was taken in the UK. BTW, seriously I have never seen an alive Asilus myself. ruud van der weele rvanderweele@gmail.com |
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| Eric Fisher |
Posted on 15-01-2012 18:13
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 Member Location: California Posts: 435 Joined: 19.05.06 |
Blepharotes sp.; see here: <http://www.brisba...berFly.htm> |
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| Antonym |
Posted on 16-01-2012 19:15
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Member Location: Stafford UK Posts: 18 Joined: 15.09.09 |
Thanks, Eric - looks spot on. It was VERY jumpy... Tony. |
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