Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Asilidae ID UK

Posted by nomad on 06-08-2018 08:17
#1
These were common on Chalk Downland, Wiltshire, August 2018. Not sure but I believe they may be the same species.

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Posted by Quaedfliegh on 06-08-2018 16:19
#2
The two males are Tolmerus atricapillus but the female seems to Machimus cf rusticus (please note the black femora and the narrow red base of the tibiae) Both genera are closely related.

Posted by nomad on 06-08-2018 17:24
#3
Many thanks Reinoud. TumbsUp Please see a further post.