Gallery Links
Users Online
· Guests Online: 25

· Members Online: 0

· Total Members: 5,069
· Newest Member: saeideh1366
Forum Threads
Newest Threads
· Ptychoptera albimana?
· Anthomyiidae sp.?
· Tachinidae sp.? --> ...
· Mesembrina sp.? --> ...
· Tanypezidae > Tanype...
Hottest Threads
· Portraits of amat... [338]
· Fly bubble blowing [172]
· Ariasella lusitan... [105]
· Pinning flies and... [94]
Theme Switcher
Switch to:
Last Seen Users
· Reimund LeyOnline
· Auratus00:11:15
· Waldgeist00:13:20
· weia00:29:33
· JWV00:47:45
· Tony Irwin00:48:46
· Carnifex01:09:32
· Zeegers02:10:28
· Jan Maca03:53:01
· Volker04:47:08
Latest Photo Additions

Cordilura atrata (fe...

Cordilura atrata (fe...

Tabanus sudeticus (m...

Tabanus sudeticus (m...

Tabanus sudeticus (m...

Metacemyia calloti (3)

Metacemyia calloti (2)

Metacemyia calloti (1)

Tabanus glaucopis (f...

Tabanus glaucopis (f...
View Thread
Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Other insects, spiders, etc.
 Print Thread
Snake-headed fly
ChrisR
#1 Print Post
Posted on 09-05-2007 19:23
User Avatar

Super Administrator

Location: Reading, England
Posts: 7706
Joined: 12.07.04

 Does anyone know which species this is? Taken 5 days ago in southern England Smile
ChrisR attached the following image:


[64.43Kb]
 
http://tachinidae.org.uk
eguzki
#2 Print Post
Posted on 09-05-2007 19:31
User Avatar

Member

Location: Perkáta, Hungary
Posts: 1140
Joined: 12.10.06

 I think Raphidioptera maybe a Raphidia sp?Wink
 
Tony Irwin
#3 Print Post
Posted on 09-05-2007 21:04
User Avatar

Member

Location: Norwich, England
Posts: 7318
Joined: 19.11.04

 From what I can make out of the wing venation, this appears to be Atlantoraphidia maculicollis.
Tony
----------
Tony Irwin
 
ChrisR
#4 Print Post
Posted on 09-05-2007 22:29
User Avatar

Super Administrator

Location: Reading, England
Posts: 7706
Joined: 12.07.04

 Thanks everyone - much appreciated. Smile
 
http://tachinidae.org.uk
Jump to Forum:
Similar Threads
Thread Forum Replies Last Post
What family? tiny(3mm), round-headed, ant-like.-->Sepsidoscinis maculipennis Diptera (adults) 4 12-02-2022 12:35
Yellow headed diptera_Amenia Diptera (adults) 3 19-08-2020 08:44
Big-headed fly Diptera (adults) 6 16-12-2018 17:32
White headed fly from SE Brazil Diptera (adults) 5 16-01-2018 10:08
Blue headed fly. Diptera (adults) 3 11-08-2017 09:11
Date and time
11 November 2025 10:56
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
· Voltinism in Chaoborus
· Vitaliy Nikolaevich ...
· Mating behaviour and...
· Oviposition into the...
· African Invertebrates
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.

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

rvanderweele
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

rvanderweele
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

Tony Irwin
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

smol
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

Tony Irwin
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!

smol
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

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

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

Nikita Vikhrev
08.05.25 18:22
I have

Render time: 2.84 seconds | 247,972,676 unique visits