Thread subject: Diptera.info :: smallish Asilidae

Posted by fleabag on 31-05-2007 21:33
#1
Hi,
Please could anyone help me to id this robber? I found it today in rural sussex uk ...size about 7mm

thankyou,
Noel.

Posted by fleabag on 01-06-2007 09:23
#2
Its hard to get a sense of scale from the gallery pictures ..could it be Choerades gilva maybe ?

Posted by kitenet on 01-06-2007 10:45
#3
I think this is Leptarthrus brevirostris (Slender-footed Robberfly), the long hind tarsal segment is distinctive Smile

Martin
Edited by kitenet on 01-06-2007 10:45

Posted by Paul Beuk on 01-06-2007 11:18
#4
Aye!

Posted by fleabag on 01-06-2007 15:47
#5
thanks Martin + Paul Smile