Thread subject: Diptera.info :: San Diego Asilid ~ Mallophora fautrix (f) Id'd by Eric Fisher

Posted by Roger Thomason on 19-10-2019 17:03
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Found this one yesterday in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. Id'able?

Edited by Roger Thomason on 20-10-2019 15:20

Posted by Roger Thomason on 19-10-2019 17:04
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Posted by Roger Thomason on 19-10-2019 17:05
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Posted by Eric Fisher on 19-10-2019 22:35
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Hi Roger,

Your photos show Mallophora fautrix, female.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 19-10-2019 23:01
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Bastard! Are you in USA?! Collect me some flies please! As some people do not like to share. Pfft
Hope you have a nice time, ROger! Wink

Posted by Roger Thomason on 20-10-2019 15:18
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Hi Eric, Thanks for the ID, I thought you might recognize it. Wink

And Jorge..I used to work in a bar and we were called Bar Stewards ( well most of the time) Wink I've got no way to collect flies here and it's so dry, hardly any plants that aren't burnt to a cinder.. A bit "Apocalypse Now" to look at or similar to the Botanical Garden in Windhoek at last years ICD9 everything frazzled with very few flies. awkwardSmile

Posted by John Carr on 21-10-2019 13:11
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Prey is a dark Vespula pensylvanica, the only regional species with a complete yellow ring around the eye and vulgaris-type abdominal markings. It is common in the West, and absent in Pennsylvania despite the species name.