Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Shallow Eyes
Posted by Stephen on 01-08-2006 11:43
#1
This fly has unusually thin and shallow eyes. Overall appearance that of a robber fly. Didn't record size, but was neither large nor tiny.
Small open area, but surrounded by woods and near a wetland. West Virginia USA, 30 July 2006.
ID help appreciated!
Posted by Paul Beuk on 01-08-2006 11:44
#2
To me it indeed looks like an extra-ordinary asilid. Nothing like we have here in Europe.
Posted by Stephen on 01-08-2006 11:46
#3
Here's a second photo
Posted by Stephen on 01-08-2006 11:48
#4
The third and final photo.
Posted by Stephen on 01-08-2006 11:51
#5
News Flash: Just as I was posting these pics I noticed a very similar image that was posted two days ago on BugGuide, also taken in the eastern U.S. It was identified as genus Holcocephala.
Posted by Tony Irwin on 01-08-2006 21:51
#6
All three
Holcocephala species occur in West Virginia, but this looks most like
fusca or
abdominalis. I'm not sure how you tell them apart, though!:|