Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Asilidae ?

Posted by Stephen on 20-11-2006 11:36
#1

Is this an Asilid? What a long probocis! I can't imagine an Asild feeding on something on a flower.

Taken several years ago (23 April 2003), West Virginia USA.

Posted by Lukasz Mielczarek on 20-11-2006 11:47
#2

Not Asilidae, that is Empididae.

Posted by Stephen on 20-11-2006 23:35
#3

Ah, Empididae, that makes more sense, thank-you!