Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Unknown fly

Posted by Paul Beuk on 17-12-2004 14:07
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Hello Ben,

Welcome to the forum with this nice pic. It is a species of Calliopum, family Lauxaniidae. It looks like obstipation but this is what we call a 'gravid female': a female with an abdomen so full of eggs that is eems about to burst open any moment.

Paul