Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Parasite fly?
Posted by shar on 17-05-2006 21:06
#1
Dear All,
Is this a parasite fly? The photo is not of the best quality, but perhaps someone still can identify the fly?
greetings,
Shar
Posted by Kahis on 17-05-2006 21:20
#2
This unfortunate fly belongs to the empidid genus
Empis.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 17-05-2006 21:24
#3
Excuse me Kahis, but why Empis's R4+5 do not forked?
Nikita
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 17-05-2006 21:25
#4
P.S. And why "unfortunate"?
Posted by Paul Beuk on 17-05-2006 21:25
#5
It is forked if you closely enough!
Posted by shar on 17-05-2006 21:29
#6
Thank you Kahis.
But why is this fly unfortunate?
cheers,
Shar
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 17-05-2006 21:30
#7
Thanks. Large branch is R4+5 fork, not R4+5 - R2+3 fork as I thought. Correct?
Posted by Paul Beuk on 17-05-2006 21:52
#8
The fly is unfortunate because it has been killed by an
Entomophthora fungus.
The visible fork is the small R4+5, quite close to the wing tip, the fork between the larger veins is much more basal.
Posted by shar on 17-05-2006 22:06
#9
Very interesting, I did not even know that the fly was dead.