Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Wasp-like Diptera

Posted by Juliane on 02-07-2010 17:31
#1
Hello there!

Just found out this strange wasp-like Diptera :
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Pic taken in a flat somewhere in downtown Paris (!). Quite large, appeared at dusk. I've got only a few more pics, but if you need a specific detail, I can try too look for it!

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 02-07-2010 17:33
#2
Welcome Juliane,
this is a male Ctenophora (Tipulidae).

Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-07-2010 17:38
#3
Ctenophora flaveolata, I'd say.
Edited by Paul Beuk on 02-07-2010 17:39

Posted by Juliane on 02-07-2010 22:03
#4
Thank you so much guys!

Posted by phil withers on 02-07-2010 23:43
#5
...normally rare in Parisian apartments !