Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Asilidae ID

Posted by bums on 10-08-2014 11:35
#1
am I right with suggesting "dioctria ruflpes" for this fly I came across in Belgium, Voeren on July 14th?
thanks for helping out..chris

Posted by bums on 11-08-2014 19:53
#2
and what are these red attachments...?

Posted by Quaedfliegh on 11-08-2014 23:05
#3
Hello Bums : ),

This is Dioctria hyalipennis, i think female.

Posted by bums on 12-08-2014 05:05
#4
thanks Reinoud...also for moving the thread to the right forum Smile

Posted by Quaedfliegh on 12-08-2014 11:03
#5
Moving of the thread has been done by someone else. The red things on the animals are mites.

Dioctria rufipes looks similar but has a very large hump on the top of the head on which the antennae are placed. Besides that the back of the thorax much less dusted.