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garyt
Oct-18-2007, 03:18 PM
Can anyone ID this bug??
Skippy
Oct-19-2007, 02:26 AM
Can anyone ID this bug??

Its not in my bug book :scratch
I searched through every page, but can't find one like that one Gary.

Hopefully someone will be able to help you out with an ID.

.... Skippy :D
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Lord Vetinari
Oct-19-2007, 02:34 AM
Interesting capture - pretty certain it's a fly, not sure it's a stalk eyed fly though (Diopsidae) some fruit flies apparently look like this.
Brian V.
teamracephotos
Oct-19-2007, 06:50 AM
Does this mean you get to name it?

I have a suggestion for you maybe its a type of Hammerhead Fly?

http://gocentralamerica.about.com/od/wildlifeconservation/ig/Panama-Insects-Gallery/Hammerhead-fly.htm
garyt
Oct-19-2007, 07:41 AM
It's not a really good shot, and I only got one. Maybe the flash scared it off. I've never seen one like this. Hopefully someone can ID it. Hammerhead fly does sound good to me.
teamracephotos
Oct-19-2007, 08:31 AM
It's not a really good shot, and I only got one. Maybe the flash scared it off. I've never seen one like this. Hopefully someone can ID it. Hammerhead fly does sound good to me.


Did you look at the link I attached. It has a hammerhead fly picture from the web. MM
garyt
Oct-19-2007, 08:39 AM
I did. Looks very similar, but the eyes seem much further apart on the web shot. I don't live near any rainforests. I wish there was some other identification (family,species, etc). Anyway, I will look again in my bug book tonite. Thanks for the link.
pete w
Oct-19-2007, 12:58 PM
Sphyracephala species
(DIPTERA: DIOPSIDAE)

http://www.cedarcreek.umn.edu/insects/thumbnails/029056001001apd.jpg (http://cedarcreek.umn.edu/insects/newslides/029056001001apd.jpg)http://cedarcreek.umn.edu/insects/thumbnails/029056001001bpo.jpg (http://cedarcreek.umn.edu/insects/newslides/029056001001bpo.jpg)Sphyracephala brevicornis
garyt
Oct-20-2007, 06:07 AM
Wow Pete, that's it. :clap Thanks so much. :clap Will have to investigate it further now that I know what it is. Where did you find it? I searched the web too, and couldn't locate anything.
pete w
Oct-20-2007, 09:13 AM
:D I have been shotting bugs for 5 years and have amassed a lot of reference books and different identification web sites. Just a case of some research, the lead from our master Brian helped.

Good luck with your bug shooting.:D