Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Is it a fly?
Posted by zcuc on 20-10-2007 00:10
#1
Hi,
Can you help identify this insect? I originally thought it is a wasp but I think it have only two pair of wings and the antenna is short (fly like) so I started to get confuse is it a fly?
Thanks
Posted by Isidro on 20-10-2007 00:34
#2
yes, it's a fly... Ulidiidae, --------- alceae (I don't remember the genus :( )
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 20-10-2007 00:39
#3
yep. Ulidiidae > Physiphora alceae :)
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 20-10-2007 00:42
#4
female. we can see the oviscape, clearly. ;)
Posted by zcuc on 21-10-2007 21:04
#5
Thanx,
The weird swell abdomen and wasp eyes confused me a little. It's a female for sure since I caught it laying eggs (with cool telescopic oviscape) as you can see in the following picture (hard shoot, was too windy that day).
Is identification
Physiphora alceae is galley accurate or there are some resembler species?
Edited by zcuc on 21-10-2007 21:07