This is a shot I took last July - was just going back through some pics and I realised this is the same species as one I've been stacking tonight - and wondering what it was.
It's obviously a fly (I think when I first spotted it I thought it was a wasp due to the 'waisted' shape) - the small yellow blob is a haltare, quite obvious on the specimen I have. The eyes appear a shade of blue in the close ups, which I will post over in technical in a day or two!!
Any thoughts as to the genus? I've not got much in the way of fly books, apart from hoverflies and a few general insect guides, which usually feature little in the way of flies outside of commonly seen ones around the house and hoverflies..
Robber fly - Dioctria species
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Robber fly - Dioctria species
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Good shot, Laurie - I thought Betty'd ID'd this from a previous shot of similar specimen - but unfortunately am mistaken - haven't seen another since.
(did a good job on the white 'hairy' bits, too )
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(did a good job on the white 'hairy' bits, too )
pp
http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... highlight=
Boxes, bottlebottoms, bits, bobs.
Dioctria certainly, I would not know exact id,
here find interesting scans http://www.geller-grimm.de/morph/morph01.htm
here find interesting scans http://www.geller-grimm.de/morph/morph01.htm
Antonio
Thanks for the help, even partial ID much appreciated!
I've uploaded a stack of a similar fly, almost certainly of the same genus, over in the 'technical forum' here
I've uploaded a stack of a similar fly, almost certainly of the same genus, over in the 'technical forum' here