Thread subject:
Diptera.info :: Robberfly from South Africa
Posted by
Eckart Stolle
on 21-06-2007 21:20
#1
Hi!
Does anyone has an idea what Robberfly this could be?
Found in South Africa (Pretoria) at a rocky slope with scattered vegetation (Febr. 2006)
greetz
Eckart
Posted by
Gerard Pennards
on 21-06-2007 21:50
#2
Hello Eckart,
The species is called
Hyperechia marshalli
, the Carpenter Bee robber fly!
They feed on Carpenter bees and other bees and wasps!
Greetings,
Posted by
Eckart Stolle
on 24-06-2007 19:59
#3
Cool! Thanx alot for the IDing.
Cheers.
Eckart
