Fly with bw antenae (1 Viewer)

[jonafly]

Good afternoon,

Could this be a member of the Asilidae family?

André

 

[jonafly]

Hi Brian and others.
Could this be close?

André

 

[Brian Stone]

Hi André

As I said in my PM I really doubted this was a fly (mainly because of the long antennae), but a sawfly is distinctly likely. The photos aren't the best and I doubt we will get too much further.

 

[Neil Harvey]

Hi Brian and others.
Could this be close?

André

I reckon they're both parasitic wasps, a virtually impenetrable group of insects, but often very striking. Asilids have much shorter antennae.

Regards
Neil

 

[Joern Lehmhus]

Hi Andrew,
to answer your Question in the other thread -for this insect here I only can say it is not a Dipteran, but a Hymenopteran. Could be Ichneumonidae...or Braconidae, but I am not able to id it.

No true fly has that long antennae with that many segments, flies have antennae consisting only of a few segments (Among the diptera only the nematocera -moskitoes for example, have long many-segmented antennae).

Jörn

 

[mothman]

It is indeed a parasitic wasp,and have you noticed it is holding a true fly, which should help to narrow down id as not many parasitic Hymenoptera specialise in Diptera.

Colin.