Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Gorgeous scorpion fly

Posted by Alvesgaspar on 18-03-2008 17:54
#1
This one is not to identify (I think it is a female Panorpa meridionalis), just to share the picture with you. The stout beak looks scarying but I think they only feed on nectar, rotteh fruit and dead animal matter... Found in Porto Covo, west coast of Portugal (spring is here!).

Joaquim Gaspar
Edited by Alvesgaspar on 18-03-2008 17:58

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 21-03-2008 02:40
#2
Panorpa is right. For species I don't know..

Posted by cthirion on 21-03-2008 12:45
#3
Help!

http://www.insecte.org/forum/cle-simplifiee-et-synthese-sur-les-panorpes-males-vt28338.htmlWink

Posted by Alvesgaspar on 24-03-2008 00:20
#4
Thank you, chtrion. It is P. meridionalis indeed!