Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Another ID please

Posted by ChristmasHills on 09-02-2007 02:12
#1

This large fly was photographed on the east coast of Australia in the middle of winter (june) but still warm weather for us. It sat on a sandstone rock for quite a while, then suddenly took off straight up in the air and flew swiftly away.

It is about2 to 2 1/2 cent long. Any idea what it is?

Posted by ChristmasHills on 09-02-2007 06:39
#2

Photo should be here now.

Posted by ChristmasHills on 09-02-2007 06:41
#3

Same fly

Posted by pierred on 09-02-2007 07:45
#4

Hello,

It is an Asilidae (see the concave face with the moustache).

Maybe somebody will be able to tell you more.

Posted by Susan R Walter on 09-02-2007 19:51
#5

I would guess sub family Ommatiinae, with that extremely robust and hunched thorax. If I could see plumose antennae, I would be more confident.

Edited by Susan R Walter on 09-02-2007 19:55