Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Robberfly from Holland

Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 26-04-2007 20:06
#1

Hi all,

Yesterday I saw this robberfly in the Netherlands. Can it be identified?
Size: medium sized, about 10 - 12 mm I guess. Landscape: dry heath with open sandy spaces.

Thanks,
Cor

Posted by Danny Wolff on 26-04-2007 21:25
#2

Hello Cor,

this is a male of Dysmachus trigonus.

Greetings, Danny Wolff

Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 26-04-2007 22:47
#3

Thanks! Having gotten the name, I can see the description fits well....

Is this the female, then? (I'm new in flies, so totally unexperienced)

Edited by Cor Zonneveld on 26-04-2007 22:50

Posted by crex on 26-04-2007 22:57
#4

Two for the gallery B)

Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 27-04-2007 21:08
#5

Sure, in return for the determination!

Posted by Danny Wolff on 28-04-2007 18:34
#6

Yes, the second image is a female D. trigonus!

Greetings, Danny Wolff