Gallery Links
Users Online
· Guests Online: 37

· Members Online: 0

· Total Members: 5,069
· Newest Member: saeideh1366
Forum Threads
Theme Switcher
Switch to:
Last Seen Users
· Juergen Peters02:57:17
· Johane03:08:31
· weia03:32:26
· fatsemann04:28:46
· Auratus07:19:45
· Nacho Cabellos07:27:18
· Marion Fried...07:42:31
· Jan Maca07:52:07
· Tony Irwin08:06:03
· Volker08:27:57
Latest Photo Additions
View Thread
Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Print Thread
asilidae fly??
jorgemotalmeida
#1 Print Post
Posted on 31-08-2006 13:38
User Avatar

Member

Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL
Posts: 9296
Joined: 05.06.06

This photo was taken in Grovelly Wood, Wiltshire UK. on 27th August 2006. This photo is NOT mine.


Asilidae fly?


static.flickr.com/89/229928684_1336e47c92_b.jpg
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/superegnum
Paul Beuk
#2 Print Post
Posted on 31-08-2006 14:05
User Avatar

Super Administrator

Location: Netherlands
Posts: 19403
Joined: 11.05.04

Nope, Hybos culiciformis (Hybotidae).
Paul

- - - -

Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info
 
diptera.info
jorgemotalmeida
#3 Print Post
Posted on 31-08-2006 14:18
User Avatar

Member

Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL
Posts: 9296
Joined: 05.06.06

Paul Beuk wrote:
Nope, Hybos culiciformis (Hybotidae).



Wow. How do you so sure about the species? Can you tell which features besides so tall thorax and a pronounced recurved abdomen drive you to get specie level?

And for now: are they all predatory? ...
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/superegnum
kitenet
#4 Print Post
Posted on 31-08-2006 14:18
User Avatar

Member

Location: Buckinghamshire, UK
Posts: 118
Joined: 04.05.06

The prey appears to be a spider, are hybotids regular predators of spiders?

Martin

Martin Harvey
 
http://kitenet.co.uk/wp/
jorgemotalmeida
#5 Print Post
Posted on 31-08-2006 14:20
User Avatar

Member

Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL
Posts: 9296
Joined: 05.06.06

haematocephalus wrote:
The prey appears to be a spider, are hybotids regular predators of spiders?

Martin



Here in diptera.info sometimes happens strange things!!!! like: ask the same questions at the same time!!!!! Frown Smile))
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/superegnum
Jump to Forum:
Similar Threads
Thread Forum Replies Last Post
Asilidae South West France Diptera (adults) 6 10-11-2025 15:16
Asilidae or bombylius Diptera (adults) 3 10-11-2025 15:15
Asilidae South West France Diptera (adults) 5 10-11-2025 15:14
Which Asilidae? --> Tolmerus atricapillus with cf. Sargus bipunctatus Asilidae Forum 7 11-10-2025 05:03
Asilidae from Buckinghamshire ID Asilidae Forum 3 24-09-2025 21:49
Date and time
13 November 2025 04:10
Login
Username

Password



Not a member yet?
Click here to register.

Forgotten your password?
Request a new one here.
Temporary email?
Due to fact this site has functionality making use of your email address, any registration using a temporary email address will be rejected.

Paul
Donate
Please, help to make
Diptera.info
possible and enable
further improvements!
Latest Articles
Syrph the Net
Those who want to have access to the Syrph the Net database need to sign the
License Agreement -
Click to Download


Public files of Syrph the Net can be downloaded HERE

Last updated: 25.08.2011
Shoutbox
You must login to post a message.

24.08.25 16:55
Thanks for your proposal, but for me this option is ineligible.

15.08.25 10:15
For those specialists not active on Facebook, I just ask to consider to join our group on FB. Please, be aware that it is not necessary at all to be active on FB outside the diptera group. Actually, n

15.08.25 10:13
We received requests to get permission to ask for ID in our Facebook group, https://www.facebo
ok.com/groups/1798
95332035235/ Until now we pointed to diptera.info, but since Paul's passing we not

23.06.25 18:10
If you have some spare money, there is a copy (together with keys to pupae and larvae) for sale by Hermann L. Strack, Loguivy Plougras, France

23.06.25 11:18
Appreciate it, Tony Irwin! I got the hint to use the key next to Langton and Pinder key for females of Chironomidae. So no specific queries, except the keys... I will keep this on my list and hope th

19.06.25 15:33
I have the hard copy book, if you have any specific queries, but I'm not scanning the 500+ pages!

02.06.25 18:26
Anyone has "Chironomidae of the Holarctic region. Keys and diagnoses. Part 3. Adult Males Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement 34"? smolwaarneming@gma
il.com

28.05.25 20:57
I have Russian Coenosia. nikita6510@ya.ru

28.05.25 12:25
Is someone able to share with me "A key to the Russian species of the genus Coenosia"?

08.05.25 18:22
I have

Render time: 0.61 seconds | 248,134,329 unique visits