Kurt,
In female robber flies, the abdomen generally tapers to a more or less pointed structure (the ovipositor). Male abdomens generally end with bulbous genitalia (especially the case with your male Laphria sobria -- the one with the winged ant prey).
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- Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:41 am
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Robber fly with mite!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1973
- Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:58 am
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Robber fly with mite!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1973
- Sun Oct 02, 2011 12:13 pm
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Robber fly 3X and 5X with Olympus 38/2.8 Machimus sp. ?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4260
Javier, Yes, it could well be a Machimus sp. That is about the largest genus of Asilinae in Europe. But other Asilinae genera could look just like the portions you have shown. Best bet for ID would be to post a full-body, lateral image of a male (if possible), with the genital area in clear focus, o...
- Sun Oct 02, 2011 9:35 am
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Robber fly 3X and 5X with Olympus 38/2.8 Machimus sp. ?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4260
You guys are too fast for me today; just can't keep up! Yes, just as Rik says. I'll add that these lobes are situated at the inside base of all fly wings and are flexible. When flies fold their wings inward, toward the mid-line of the body, these lobes flex upward -- too make space for the wing base...
- Sun Oct 02, 2011 9:21 am
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Robber fly 3X and 5X with Olympus 38/2.8 Machimus sp. ?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4260
Fantastic photos Javier! (Wish I could tell you the genus & species of this Asilinae robber fly but can't from these shots alone; too many options.) Chris: do you mean the spoon-shaped structure here , in crop 02? That is the haltere, the remains of the highly-modified 2nd pair of wings, present in ...
- Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:36 am
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Blow Flies: the most beautiful of flies
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4574
- Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:29 am
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Waves in bronze
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7358
- Tue Aug 16, 2011 5:18 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Minolta Micro Bellows Lens 12,5mm
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5778
Hi Caponito, Welcome to Photomacrography! (And: your English is great, though no problem if it wasn't...) Congratulations on getting the little Minolta 12.5 lens. I have one, and I find it to be very sharp . I use it only in the lab, on a stand; the working distance is quite short (5 - 8mm) but the ...
- Thu Aug 11, 2011 5:29 pm
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Hippoboscid parasitic fly with hitch-hikers
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2405
- Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:26 pm
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Sawfly mimic? Soldier fly [Beris vallata]
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1078
- Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:46 pm
- Forum: Photography Through the Microscope
- Topic: A tick (Ixodes ricinus)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1319
- Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:55 pm
- Forum: Photography Through the Microscope
- Topic: ENT 101- female moth genitalia
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3941
- Fri May 27, 2011 3:50 pm
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: small fly with beautiful eyes
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1263
Wow! Fabulous work Yeatzee -- quite a beautiful fly. Yes, it is a fruit fly relative: Pogonortalis doclea , family Platystomatidae. A photo of this fly was shown in photomacrography before ( HERE : photo at top of pg. 5, blurb on ID below). The fly is a native of Australia but hangs-out in Californi...
- Tue May 24, 2011 5:18 pm
- Forum: Photography Through the Microscope
- Topic: Mosquito wing II epi, iridescence
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6724
Fabulous Charles! I believe you have just independently discovered a new and exciting method, called the "Wing Interference Pattern" (WIP), that helps discriminate between species of flies (and other insects) -- which was announced in 2010 (see HERE ). And -- not surprising to us -- you have improve...
- Tue May 17, 2011 8:58 am
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Predatory fly
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3694
Yes, your stacking is coming along very nicely Tanner! I believe your little predatory fly is a Muscidae in the genus Coenosia (possibly C. tigrina ). You will be interested in a fascinating report on this genus, published a few years ago by Martin Suvak: "Coenosia attenuata can behave like a falcon...