Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Head = One Big Eye

Posted by Stephen on 08-08-2006 13:50
#1

I spotted this fly on a PawPaw leaf far over my head. With my 180 mm lens this is as big as I could make him. His head appears to be one big eye.

PawPaw tree next to a creek, 10 July 2006, West Virginia USA.

I'd be glad to know even the family.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 08-08-2006 14:06
#2

Family Stratiomyidae, I think genus Ptecticus.