Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Thraxan prolatus
Posted by Trev on 01-03-2009 10:42
#1
Found this hovering around a termite mound making short stops to egg lay under ledges. It has long legs and can hover very well. ID please anyone?
Edited by Trev on 10-03-2009 12:03
Posted by Trev on 01-03-2009 10:44
#2
Another view, laying egg under ledge in the mud
Edited by Trev on 01-03-2009 10:45
Posted by Jan Willem on 01-03-2009 11:33
#3
I would go for Bombyliidae. David Gibbs might be able to tell you more.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 01-03-2009 13:22
#4
somewhere around Heteralonia sp. (?)
Posted by Trev on 10-03-2009 12:04
#6
Thanks David, looks good to me.
Posted by Susan R Walter on 10-03-2009 18:54
#7
See also my thread
http://www.dipter...ad_id=2343 from 2006, where David Greathead identified a similar fly as Thraxan.