Thread subject: Diptera.info :: little hunter with snout

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 21-07-2006 15:45
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hello flyforum,

Yesterday I found this fly - hunting, making movements with its snout to the ground -
Size about 3-4 mm and with a rather yellowcolour.

What kind of fly is this?

greeting robert, B) , from a warm Amsterdam

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 21-07-2006 15:45
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Posted by Paul Beuk on 21-07-2006 15:49
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Unmistakably a member of the genus Platypalpus (Hybotidae).

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 23-07-2006 13:46
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thank you Paul :)