Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Id on this fly

Posted by LordV on 03-05-2006 10:36
#1

This is not my pic but have permission to post it here. Shot in Israel in the last few days by a fellow macroholic Omri Alon.
I've never seen a fly with a proboscis like this. Any ideas ?
Brian V.

lordv.smugmug.com/photos/67591573-L.jpg

Posted by ChrisR on 03-05-2006 10:40
#2

Possibly a muscid - Stomoxys calcitrans, the 'Biting Stable Fly'?

Posted by LordV on 03-05-2006 11:01
#3

Thanks- having looked that up does look V similar :)
Brian V.