Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fly on Hickory

Posted by Bruce Marlin on 04-06-2005 04:16
#1
I found these flies on shagbark hickory trees. 9mm long, 15mm wingspan. Can anyone ID these?
www.diptera.info/forim/5-0372-1.jpg
Edited by Bruce Marlin on 04-06-2005 04:20

Posted by Bruce Marlin on 04-06-2005 04:17
#2
another image, same fly
www.diptera.info/forim/5-0372-2.jpg

Posted by Paul Beuk on 04-06-2005 15:16
#3
his surely is a snipe fly of the genus Rhagio. The same beasty came up on BugGuide a few times, but I have not been able to put a species name on it. They often sit with their heads down on tree trunks.

Posted by Bruce Marlin on 05-06-2005 02:21
#4
Snipe fly, eh? Very cool. Yeah, they sit head-down. Thanks!
I think the the species is Rhagio mystaceus.
You can see my complete webpage with large close-ups at
http://www.cirrus...Rhagio.htm
~Bruce
Edited by Bruce Marlin on 10-06-2005 04:12