Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Asilus (?) from Uganda

Posted by pat_der2003 on 09-08-2017 10:15
#1
Hello,

A Uganda's bird watcher and guide took this picture recently in Uganda ...

It reminds me some Asilus or at least Asilidae ...

Is it possible to Id this hairy one ?

Thanks in advance !! Wink
Edited by pat_der2003 on 09-08-2017 10:16

Posted by tristram on 09-08-2017 13:45
#2
Looks liks a hybrid between an Asilid and a monkey!
(only joking)

Posted by pat_der2003 on 09-08-2017 14:38
#3
GrinGrin You're totally right !! Wink

There's a species of monkey called "mantled guereza (Colobus guereza), also known simply as the guereza, the eastern black-and-white colobus, or the Abyssinian black-and-white colobus" that I saw in Uganda and Ethiopia !!

Quite the same ... A little bit bigger ! Cool

Grin

Posted by Tony Irwin on 09-08-2017 17:30
#4
Hyperechia nigrita, I think

Posted by pat_der2003 on 09-08-2017 17:58
#5
Hum, looks like that very much !! TumbsUp Smile


Many thanks Tony !! Wink

Posted by Quaedfliegh on 09-08-2017 22:30
#6
Lovely creature Cool