Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Robberfly?
Posted by Muhammad Mahdi on 29-06-2009 19:54
#1
Hi,
a large fly, app 4cm long. It captured a insect and was feeding on it. Pictured in Tanzania.
Can anybody please id the fly and the prey?
Thanks
Posted by Muhammad Mahdi on 30-06-2009 12:57
#2
Anybody?
Posted by Eric Fisher on 30-06-2009 21:59
#3
Muhammad,
This very nice photo of a neat robber fly shows a species of Pegesimallus (can't go further without seeing the specimen).
Regards, Eric
Posted by Muhammad Mahdi on 01-07-2009 07:18
#4
Thanks a lot Eric. :)
What can the prey be? Even the basic id of the prey would be good.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 01-07-2009 08:00
#5
A beetle, perhaps Chrysomelidae.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 01-07-2009 11:00
#6
Beautiful Dasypogoninae asilid!