Posted by lynkos on 15-09-2006 17:40
#1
Would this predatory looking creature be an Empipidae? Photographed yesterday in mixed woodland by the edge of a small stream near Rome, Italy. About 8/10 mm long.
Thanks, Sarah.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-09-2006 18:35
#2
Hello, Sarah!
I think I have photographed the same species yesterday (Ostwestfalen, Germany). At first I also thought it was an Empid, but looking closer at the massive thorax and thick hind femora I now think it belongs to genus
Hybos (
cf. femoratus?) from the Hybotidae.
Posted by lynkos on 15-09-2006 18:44
#3
It does look VERY similar! If it wasn't so banal, I'd say... what a small world! Sarah