Thread subject: Diptera.info :: San Diego Asilid ~ Mallophora fautrix (f) Id'd by Eric Fisher
Posted by Roger Thomason on 19-10-2019 18:03
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Found this one yesterday in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. Id'able?
Edited by Roger Thomason on 20-10-2019 16:20
Posted by Roger Thomason on 19-10-2019 18:04
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Posted by Roger Thomason on 19-10-2019 18:05
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Posted by Eric Fisher on 19-10-2019 23:35
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Hi Roger,
Your photos show Mallophora fautrix, female.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 20-10-2019 00:01
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Bastard! Are you in USA?! Collect me some flies please! As some people do not like to share. :P
Hope you have a nice time, ROger! ;)
Posted by Roger Thomason on 20-10-2019 16:18
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Hi Eric, Thanks for the ID, I thought you might recognize it. ;)
And Jorge..I used to work in a bar and we were called Bar Stewards ( well most of the time) ;) I've got no way to collect flies here and it's so dry, hardly any plants that aren't burnt to a cinder.. A bit "Apocalypse Now" to look at or similar to the Botanical Garden in Windhoek at last years ICD9 everything frazzled with very few flies. :S:)
Posted by John Carr on 21-10-2019 14:11
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Prey is a dark
Vespula pensylvanica, the only regional species with a complete yellow ring around the eye and
vulgaris-type abdominal markings. It is common in the West, and absent in Pennsylvania despite the species name.