Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Stomoxys

Posted by Sundew on 03-11-2007 14:00
#1

Hi,
Here comes another fly from my Baltic trip last week: a grey animal of moderate size sitting on a house wall - according to the bent snout a conopid, though I had not expected such a broad abdomen when viewed from above. What genus could that be?
Sundew

Edited by Sundew on 03-11-2007 14:06

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 03-11-2007 14:00
#2

Muscidae - Stomoxys calcitrans! :)

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 03-11-2007 14:01
#3

they are pretty common. ;)

Posted by Sundew on 03-11-2007 14:14
#4

Aha - now my idea how a conopid should look like is restored! A bent snout thus can be found in different families. As there were many farm animals around, the stable fly was on the right place. I have not met one in Berlin yet.
Thank you, Jorge.
Sundew