Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tabanid from N Spain to ID, please

Posted by Marian on 11-09-2012 16:09
#1

This spectacular creature landed on my colleague's T-shirt in a picnic area close to a mixed forest. I think it's a Tabanid of some kind. Taken near Proaza (N Spain) on September the 9th.

Thanks in advance for any hint about its identity! :)

Edited by Marian on 11-09-2012 16:10

Posted by Marian on 11-09-2012 16:11
#2

I have this other view showing a bit more of the face. But it's all I could get, it flew away and we didn't see it again. :-(

Edited by Marian on 11-09-2012 16:12

Posted by Zeegers on 12-09-2012 20:02
#3

Looks weird.

The antennae seem totally black but the frons seems narrow, a non-exciting combination of features


Theo