Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Like the fish: large Asilidae eats small Asilidae?

Posted by Pietro on 15-05-2007 19:29
#1

North-west Sardinia, V/2007, ransom approximately 16-18 mm.
Determination possible?
Thanks in advance!

Posted by pierred on 17-05-2007 10:36
#2

Pietro,

I can't help you for the identification, but quite a fine picture !

Posted by Dysmachus on 19-05-2007 23:23
#3

The hunter seems to be a female of the subfamily Asilinae (Tolmerus or Machimus. The victim is a species of the genus Saropogon. Yours