Thread subject: Diptera.info :: What Fly is this?
Posted by valter on 13-10-2007 10:07
#1
Location: Fortaleza de Sagres, Portugal
Posted by Kahis on 13-10-2007 10:12
#2
It's not a fly at all but a bee.
Posted by valter on 13-10-2007 10:16
#3
A Bee or a Wasp?
A Hoverfly?
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 13-10-2007 10:52
#4
A wasp. :D
Posted by valter on 13-10-2007 11:22
#5
What Kind of Wasp?
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 13-10-2007 11:27
#6
i don?t see the pronotum well here. Sphecidae or Pompilidae (i think the last).
Posted by ChrisR on 13-10-2007 11:27
#7
Looks like a pompilid (spider-hunting wasp of the family Pompilidae) but i might be wrong - you have many more wasps in the south of Europe.
You can easily tell this is a wasp because it has long, segmented antennae and a very narrow waist between the thorax & abdomen. If you could see closer you would also see it has 4 wings (flies have 2) and it has strong, biting mandibles (flies have a proboscis). :)
Edited by ChrisR on 13-10-2007 11:28
Posted by valter on 13-10-2007 12:50
#8
jorgemotalmeida wrote:
i don?t see the pronotum well here. Sphecidae or Pompilidae (i think the last).
Another photo.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 13-10-2007 13:01
#9
Pompilinae (subfamily) , I'd say...
Posted by valter on 13-10-2007 16:31
#10
It's a Sphecidae, subfamilly Sphecinae.
Prionyx subfuscatus