Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Asilidae in Pinus Sylvestris...

Posted by Matthieu on 21-05-2006 06:06
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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
img122.imageshack.us/img122/102/souchepinbdh4abis6ys.jpg
Imago 16mm:

img122.imageshack.us/img122/5370/asilidae1bis8gi.jpg
img96.imageshack.us/img96/600/asilidae3bis7qj.jpg

Matthieu