Thread subject:
Diptera.info :: Interesting wasp mimic
Posted by
LordV
on 11-09-2006 07:32
#1
Not my photos, posted with permission of originator (Alex Paul)- taken in Bahamas on a mango tree apparently egg laying.
Any ideas ?
Brian V.
Posted by
Dmitry Gavryushin
on 11-09-2006 07:55
#2
Tephritidae, Toxotrypana (curvicauda)?
Posted by
LordV
on 11-09-2006 08:06
#3
Thanks black- yes looks like the Papaya fruit fly
Toxotrypana curvicauda Gerstaecker (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
Brian V.
Posted by
John Smit
on 11-09-2006 20:07
#4
Wow!
Nice picture.
Please make sure to collect it next time
John