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08-05-2009, 07:49 PM
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| | | Root maggot fly for ID
Can anyone help with an ID on this fly please. 
Any help will be much appreciated. |
08-05-2009, 07:59 PM
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| | | Re: Root maggot fly for ID
Empis tessellata (male)
Fantastic shot!
Janet  |
08-05-2009, 08:15 PM
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| | | Re: Root maggot fly for ID
Thank you very much for the ID Janet.
I can't believe I couldn't recognize this fly, I actually posted a photo of one not more than a week ago on WAB.
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08-05-2009, 08:19 PM
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| | | Re: Root maggot fly for ID
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Originally Posted by JRsbugs  Empis tessellata (male)
Fantastic shot!
Janet | Janet, this'll be a Dancing Fly in the Empididae family then? Wayne, you'll probably see a long 'feeding tube' just going from the chin to between the front legs? Also, the legs are pretty long.
It does, however, share the thin abdomen of the Anthomyiidae family! That's why I thought it was a RMF. My pointers are just from hindsight
Great shot. |
08-05-2009, 08:27 PM
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| | | Re: Root maggot fly for ID
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jason Green Janet, this'll be a Dancing Fly in the Empididae family then? Wayne, you'll probably see a long 'feeding tube' just going from the chin to between the front legs? Also, the legs are pretty long.
It does, however, share the thin abdomen of the Anthomyiidae family! That's why I thought it was a RMF. My pointers are just from hindsight
Great shot. | Yes Jason, Empididae. You can see the long feeding tube in the pic. Quote:
Thank you very much for the ID Janet.
I can't believe I couldn't recognize this fly, I actually posted a photo of one not more than a week ago on WAB.
Old age is a terrible thing.
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