Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Really strange fly

Posted by Tony T on 25-08-2009 21:04
#1

Any ideas as to what it is? Family?

here

Edited by Tony T on 25-08-2009 21:06

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 25-08-2009 21:10
#2

easy. Bombyliidae - Subfamily Toxophorinae
Toxophora sp. :)

Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 25-08-2009 21:11

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 25-08-2009 21:13
#3

I have here Toxophora fasciculata. It is a very beautiful fly and very unusual bombyliid. I saw it three times. Usually in Mentha picta.