Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Black Asilidae to ID (Dasypogon sp.?)
Posted by Marcello on 03-07-2015 11:23
#1
Hello,
I need help to ID these two Asilids. I saw the black one to catch a bee, then it flew away and returned with another Asilid, could it be of the same specie? I was thinking about
Dasypogon sp. /
Dasypogon diadema male and female
29.VI.2015 - North Italy - Verona
This is the other one, maybe it's the female.
I'm sorry but I was unable to do better shots!
Thanks for the help!
Regards,
Marcello
Edited by Marcello on 03-07-2015 20:05
Posted by Paul Beuk on 03-07-2015 12:32
#2
They apparently belong to two different species, so perhaps better split the thread.
Posted by Marcello on 03-07-2015 19:25
#3
Thanks Paul, the first one (all black) probably is
Dasypogon diadema female, the other could be the male.
I posted the photos together because they was always together (flew side by side, and so on for at least twenty minutes)
Marcello
Posted by piros on 03-07-2015 19:42
#4
I believe it is the other way arround: top picture shows a male D. diadema (or something very similar), while tha bottom one a female of the same sp.
Greetings,
Henrik
Posted by Marcello on 03-07-2015 20:06
#5
Yes, male and female of the same specie is what I think too.
The second image now is more clear.
Thanks Henrik!
Regards,
Marcello