Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Asilidae in Pinus Sylvestris...
Posted by Matthieu on 21-05-2006 06:06
#1
Hello! :)
One month ago i found a pupa in a recently dead pinus sylvestris, under bark. The imago emerged this week. It looks like an Asilidae, maybe a Laphria sp.? Is it possible to identify it with these photos?
Found near Tours (France).
Pupa: 15mm
Imago 16mm:
Matthieu
Posted by Matthieu on 25-05-2006 21:03
#2
No idea? Is there any detail that could help the identification?
Matthieu
Posted by Gisela Merkel-Wallner on 26-05-2006 07:11
#3
Hello Matthieu,
it is a Laphriinae, perhaps a Choerades gilva or C. ignea. But I only can determine the german species, perhaps there are same other in France.
A beautiful Asilidae!
Gisela
Posted by Susan R Walter on 26-05-2006 08:51
#4
Matthieu
What a terrible creature! I will be in Blois by this evening, so not so very far away. I hope I see something this good on the weekend - the weather is dreadful in England at this minute, so I am expecting France to take up the opportunity to be better.
If I see anything good I will post it on the forum.
I haven't got my books with me, so I can't help with the ID at the moment though - sorry.
Posted by Matthieu on 26-05-2006 22:13
#5
Thanks:) The pictures of
Choerades gilva I found on the web are very similar!
Susan i hope the weather near Blois will be nice the weekend, more than the past three days :D
Matthieu