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 Leptogastrinae, Small Afrotropical species.
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| Will van Niekerk |
Posted on 20-04-2013 14:31
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 Member Location: UK Posts: 508 Joined: 16.11.11 |
Only one angle for this one - having taken what images I could while its blade of grass blew in the wind, I tried to stabilise the grass and in doing so scared it clean away. At the back of the Lusaka Showgrounds, Lusaka City, Lusaka Province, Zambia. Dry scrub, near to livestock holding areas, urban gardens, office blocks... well connected. 01/03/2013 (First of March) smallish, probably around 12mm long? [EDIT - changed title from 'Lasiocnemis??? Small...' to 'Leptogastrinae...', based on subfamily advised by Quaedfliegh] Will van Niekerk attached the following image:  [175.13Kb] Edited by Will van Niekerk on 25-04-2013 00:03 |
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| Will van Niekerk |
Posted on 20-04-2013 14:35
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Member Location: UK Posts: 508 Joined: 16.11.11 |
(As the physics of the image above is troubling me, please note that the fly was in fact hanging beneath the tip of the grass, not sticking out at a bizarre and energetically expensive angle. )
Edited by Will van Niekerk on 20-04-2013 14:35 |
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| Quaedfliegh |
Posted on 24-04-2013 22:57
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 Member Location: Tilburg Netherlands Posts: 2219 Joined: 18.05.10 |
The fly belongs to the Leptogastrinae. I dont know much about afrotropical species and dont have a clue : )
Greetings, Reinoud Field guide to the robber flies of the Netherlands and Belgium: https://www.jeugdbondsuitgeverij.nl/product/field-guide-to-the-robberflies-of-the-netherlands-and-belgium/ https://www.nev.nl/diptera/ |
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| Will van Niekerk |
Posted on 25-04-2013 00:00
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Member Location: UK Posts: 508 Joined: 16.11.11 |
Thank you! Leptogastrinae was more than I knew for it, so I'll update the title and put a note on the file, for now. Thanks again. |
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