Big eyed fly

Big eyed fly - Thahinid, Ectophasia sp.

comments (4)

Jivko Nakev

Lion

I could not be able to classify this fly. Some specialist say it is Thahinid, Genus: Phasia. Posted 11 years ago

Jivko Nakev

Lion

I guess I have identified after some browsing this beauty as Ectophasia oblonga
http://www.diptera.info/photogallery.php?photo_id=8674
http://agrozoo.net/jsp/Galery_one_image.jsp?id_galery_obfuscated=6c188edf733549a3b981f8e1835773a6
http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=58822 Posted 11 years ago
1. WildFlower
  
  Lion
  
  The flies are even worse than the hoppers. It looks a lot like the first 2 references, but you probably don't have a close-up of the ovipositor and that could be the key to the identification. The second one says E. oblonga or crassipennis, so... I found a French site with photos of Ectophasia crassipennis. The female also looks the same to me and I don't know how to discriminate between them. If it is by the shape of the genitalia, which is very likely, you can never tell from a photo.
  http://aramel.free.fr/INSECTES15-53.shtml
  http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=58437 Posted 11 years ago

Jivko Nakev

Lion

Yes, I've noted the remarks "or crassipennis" and maybe to be accurate a close genitalia investigation should be done... by someone more educated than me. Posted 11 years ago

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By Jivko Nakev

Uploaded Apr 12, 2014. Captured Aug 31, 2013 11:19 in ulitsa "Stefan Stambolov" 192, 1444 Bistritsa, Bulgaria.

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Canon EOS 60D
f/7.1
1/125s
ISO400
100mm

Captured in the summer. More summer photos.