Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Robberfly from Holland

Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 26-04-2007 19:06
#1
Hi all,

Yesterday I saw this robberfly in the Netherlands. Can it be identified?
Size: medium sized, about 10 - 12 mm I guess. Landscape: dry heath with open sandy spaces.

Thanks,
Cor

Posted by Danny Wolff on 26-04-2007 20:25
#2
Hello Cor,

this is a male of Dysmachus trigonus.

Greetings, Danny Wolff

Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 26-04-2007 21:47
#3
Thanks! Having gotten the name, I can see the description fits well....

Is this the female, then? (I'm new in flies, so totally unexperienced)
Edited by Cor Zonneveld on 26-04-2007 21:50

Posted by crex on 26-04-2007 21:57
#4
Two for the gallery Cool

Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 27-04-2007 20:08
#5
Sure, in return for the determination!

Posted by Danny Wolff on 28-04-2007 17:34
#6
Yes, the second image is a female D. trigonus!

Greetings, Danny Wolff