Thread subject: Diptera.info :: mimic Wasp...!

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 16-09-2006 21:16
#1
Hi


Never seen a wasp like this one. Taken today, 16 th September 2006 in Valega - PORTUGAL. ABout 35 km South Oporto. (near Atlantic Ocean)
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 16-09-2006 22:31

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 16-09-2006 21:19
#2
rear view...

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 16-09-2006 21:20
#3
frontal view...

Posted by ChrisR on 16-09-2006 21:43
#4
Diptera - Stratiomyidae Smile

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 16-09-2006 22:18
#5
Chris Raper wrote:
Diptera - Stratiomyidae Smile


Frown more one fly with long antennas.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 16-09-2006 22:37
#6
Chris Raper wrote:
Diptera - Stratiomyidae Smile



You are right, Chris! I never seen before a Stratiomyidae fly. This is the first one I saw! The long antennas did cheat me. Sad

I think that is possible to reach, at least, genus level, but in diptera gallery I didn?t find any like this one.

Posted by Tony Irwin on 16-09-2006 23:18
#7
Hermetia illucens (female) - an American species that has been introduced to various places around the world, including Southern Europe.

Posted by pierred on 17-09-2006 07:49
#8
This species is really funny because it moves the antennas alternatively back and forth.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 17-09-2006 09:48
#9
pierred wrote:
This species is really funny because it moves the antennas alternatively back and forth.



Yes. I saw that. And it is really very quiet. This could be call the "quiet fly" Smile not "soldier fly".