Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Another ID please
Posted by ChristmasHills on 09-02-2007 01:12
#1
This large fly was photographed on the east coast of Australia in the middle of winter (june) but still warm weather for us. It sat on a sandstone rock for quite a while, then suddenly took off straight up in the air and flew swiftly away.
It is about2 to 2 1/2 cent long. Any idea what it is?
Posted by ChristmasHills on 09-02-2007 05:39
#2
Photo should be here now.
Posted by ChristmasHills on 09-02-2007 05:41
#3
Same fly
Posted by pierred on 09-02-2007 06:45
#4
Hello,
It is an Asilidae (see the concave face with the moustache).
Maybe somebody will be able to tell you more.
Posted by Susan R Walter on 09-02-2007 18:51
#5
I would guess sub family Ommatiinae, with that extremely robust and hunched thorax. If I could see plumose antennae, I would be more confident.
Edited by Susan R Walter on 09-02-2007 18:55