Thread subject: Diptera.info :: could you ID this huge fly, please!

Posted by Fernando on 17-05-2006 19:43
#1
saw this huge fly today, first time ever, flying around an olive tree, could anybody ID it, please.
thank you for your help!

the size was around 5-9mm, maybe larger, thick, with a huge wing span

the picture was taken at dusk on a wind day, on the 17th of abril.
I first heard the fly, turned my head and saw her sucking nectar on a daisy, ended up flying to a olive tree.
the place is in Albufeira in Portugal.
Edited by Fernando on 18-05-2006 20:42

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 17-05-2006 20:52
#2
Hello Fernando, welcome to the site!
Your fly is a Pangonius sp. from the family Tabanidae. I can't tell which species it is, but maybe there are other people who can tell you what species it is!
Greetings, Gerard

Posted by Robert Nash on 18-05-2006 11:45
#3
Ceud m?le f?ilte Irish for - A Hundred Thousand Welcomes and Hello from me too. A very nice photo of an amazing fly. But could you add the data please (place and date). I'd love to know where that sunny olive tree was. It is still cold in Ireland Brrrrr Robert
Edited by Robert Nash on 18-05-2006 11:48

Posted by Zeegers on 19-05-2006 10:45
#4
It is a Pangonius, as stated by Gerard.
To tell the species, we would need to see the wings.
It is somewhere in the granatensis / ferrugineus group

If you collect these specimens, I can help you out.


Theo Zeegers