Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Laxenecera sp? Large, Afrotropical Asilidae

Posted by Will van Niekerk on 20-04-2013 14:23
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Location: Chongwe, Lusaka, Zambia
Habitat: mixed trees and long grass. Damp Areas.
Date: Seen occasionally February-March 2013, Seen mating around 5-8 March.
Size: Probably around 2-2.5 cm.

Notes: Seemed to be associated with grasshopper-rich patches, but on both occasions when it was seen feeding, had preyed upon small semi-social wasps.

Has swollen thighs of Hoplistomeris nobilis, otherwise very little in common.

Edited by Will van Niekerk on 25-04-2013 15:13