Thread subject: Diptera.info :: a fly versus a spider ---> Siphona sp

Posted by pat_der2003 on 07-10-2008 15:56
#1

Loire-atlantique, western france, first of October.

both were small ... for the fly may be 4 mm or less.

Edited by pat_der2003 on 08-10-2008 19:46

Posted by Jaakko on 08-10-2008 08:26
#2

The fly is Siphona sp. (Tachinidae), spider Misumena vatia male.

Jaakko

Posted by pat_der2003 on 08-10-2008 19:46
#3

Thank you very much for both ID !! :)

Posted by Juergen Peters on 08-10-2008 20:07
#4

Hello!

Jaakko wrote:
spider Misumena vatia male.


I have to disagree. The spider is a male Ebrechtella (ex-Misumenops) tricuspidata.
http://www.spiderling.de/arages/Fotogalerie/species_fg.php?name=Ebrechtella tricuspidata

Posted by pat_der2003 on 09-10-2008 19:02
#5

Thank you for the spider's ID !! :)