Crane fly

As per requested, best top view I could get.

comments (3)

morpheme

Lion

Looks like Ctenophora elegans to me, but Wildflower shares your corner of the world, so she'll probably know better than I. Posted 10 years ago
1. WildFlower
  
  Lion
  
  It could be Ctenophora elegans, although there are a few similar species. From the last forum post: According to the current key by Oosterbroek, the unique character to separate these three species is that Ctenophora elegans has a row of long yellowish-white hairs located before the thinkening at the subapical part of the hind femur which is not clearly visible here, but there seems to be something. Maybe you can check this if you have a side view showing the hind leg.
  http://aramel.free.fr/INSECTES15%27-2.shtml
  http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=15431&pid=70773
  http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=4969&pid=22823 Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago
2. 1. morpheme
    
    Lion
    
    This page has a nice chart of stripe patterns (click on a photo and it takes you to a scrolling gallery with some good diagrams) http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/ccw/detail.php?id=12474 Posted 10 years ago