Thread subject: Diptera.info :: French Guianan bombylid

Posted by Menno Reemer on 20-10-2011 09:37
#6

Yes, those are the ones I mean. And if I remember correctly there is also another (unrelated?) stratiomyid genus looking like this.
Of course there doesn't need to be an aculeate model: if one or more of these flies just taste very bad, they may also benefit from looking like each other (Mullerian mimicry or a combination of different types of mimicry...)