ID Needed

garyt

Can anyone ID this bug??

Skippy

garyt wrote:

Can anyone ID this bug??

Its not in my bug book
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
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Lord Vetinari

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

Never seen anything like it.... Very cool!
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

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

garyt wrote:

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

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

The Lord was right again.
[SIZE=+3]Sphyracephala species[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1](DIPTERA: DIOPSIDAE)[/SIZE]

Sphyracephala brevicornis

garyt

Wow Pete, that's it. Thanks so much. 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

Your Welcome
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