Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Empis sp.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 11-05-2006 14:39
#6

Robert Heemskerk wrote:
sounds plausible for me.

Never thought that these mouthparts are so flexible!
It is also difficult to do a nice midday-nap with such a mouth.


The fly looks rather disheveld, shabby, so I am not quite certain it is something 'natural'. The fly may have been squashed or hit by something.