Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Nemestrinidae on Pelargonium South Africa

Posted by jonrichfield on 25-04-2015 09:37
#1

This isn't a question for a change, but my friend's picture simply gave me so much pleasure that I thought some of you might like to share it. Lynette took it in her garden in Grahamstown, South Africa. She has got photos of a couple of species there recently, and remarks that autumn down here is when she sees them most, Hummingbird Sphingidae showing up later. The photo looks like a cultivate Pelargonium variety.

Edited by jonrichfield on 25-04-2015 12:37

Posted by jonrichfield on 25-04-2015 09:39
#2

And here is the other one, apparently a different species and Lynette says, too skittish for her to get close enough for a good shot. She caught it on a Plumbago.

Posted by John Carr on 26-04-2015 16:42
#3

See if you can find your fly here: http://www.mobot....come.shtml. There are illustrations and photos linked from text.

Edited by John Carr on 26-04-2015 16:42

Posted by jonrichfield on 01-05-2015 06:02
#4

Thank you John; that is a most interesting link. I'll look in this weekend.