Thread subject: Diptera.info :: probably Asilidae family
Posted by Sezima on 15-12-2010 21:44
#1
This brave fly kept jumping on my lens. Photo taken on 28 June 2010 on the edge of a wood, on hot and sunny day in the Czech Republic.
Thank you.
David
Posted by rvanderweele on 15-12-2010 22:31
#2
Not probably, but certainly.
Posted by Sezima on 16-12-2010 08:18
#3
To Ruud van der Weele:
Could you please specify which species it can be ?
Thank you
David
Posted by rvanderweele on 16-12-2010 08:57
#4
No, this question has to be answered by the asilid-fanatics.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 16-12-2010 09:57
#5
Genus
Choerades, I'd say. I have failed to often in naming species in that genus, so I will not try again. ;)
Posted by Quaedfliegh on 16-12-2010 15:47
#6
Choerades cf gilva, very probable. Everything points in that direction but i can not entirely exclude C. ignea.
Posted by Sezima on 18-12-2010 22:43
#7
Many thanks to you all.
As a layman I thought that the red abdomen would be a help. I am attaching another photo of the beast.
David
Posted by Quaedfliegh on 24-12-2010 15:49
#8
The scutellar setae seem black that would indicate C. gilva
Posted by Sezima on 25-12-2010 21:08
#9
Thank you Reinoud.
David