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Unidentified Fly

Description:

This is an unidentified fly that i found on the wall of my house. This fly is yellowish in color, and it has black stripes on its abdomen and thorax. The size of this fly is about 8 mm in length.

Habitat:

- Spotted on the wall of my house.

Notes:

- I hope, someone can help me to ID this fly.

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6 Comments

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Thanks for confirm Lauren. That family has some remarkable mimics in it.

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Great wasp mimic! This looks like a fly in the Family Conopidae, a Thick-headed Fly.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Tephritidae or Conopidae maybe??

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Wow that fly is a super wasp mimic. Great find.

Sckel
Sckel 10 years ago

awesome

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 10 years ago

Bizarre and awesome !

Lanzz
Spotted by
Lanzz

Malaysia

Spotted on Apr 10, 2014
Submitted on Apr 10, 2014

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