Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lipoptena cervi

Posted by crex on 07-11-2007 00:06
#1

Location: Midwest Sweden (Dalsland)
Date: 2007-OCT-21
Habitat: On my (dirty) car

It sat on my car and for some reason it fell upside down. The water made it stick to the surface so it couldn't get away. I have no idea of what species this is. It seems from other posts that Hippoboscidae is common this time of year ...

Edited by crex on 07-11-2007 12:10

Posted by crex on 07-11-2007 00:06
#2

Another view.

Posted by crex on 07-11-2007 00:07
#3

Third view.

Posted by Zeegers on 07-11-2007 10:18
#4

Lipoptena cervi, the autumn dear fly


Theo

Posted by crex on 07-11-2007 12:09
#5

Thank you very much Theo!

I got a close encounter with one of those flat bodied flies ... I one day felt something creeping in the back of my head. It probably thought I was a deer :o