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 I need an ID for this orange robberfly?
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| keicanthony |
Posted on 02-12-2015 04:21
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This robber fly is hanging upside down a leaf, with body length close to 1 cm. The colour is somewhere between brown and orange but closer to orange. Location is lowland rainforest, Perak, Malaysia. keicanthony attached the following image:  [140.79Kb] |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 04-12-2015 00:01
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Asilidae - Ommatiinae |
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| keicanthony |
Posted on 15-12-2015 10:32
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Thanks, Jorge. |
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| Eric Fisher |
Posted on 15-12-2015 17:15
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Nope (sorry Jorge...) -- not that subfamily. This is a Damalis sp., of the subfamily Trigonomiminae. Damalis is a very large genus found throughout the Old World tropics; species of this group perch on twig tips of plants (just like Ommatius do). Cheers, Eric |
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| keicanthony |
Posted on 12-05-2016 14:42
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Thanks, Eric. Cheers! |
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