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Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	Anyone know what this could be? I'm about to go sleuthing my way through BugGuide... The body was a bit under 2cm long, and it had sucking (as opposed to biting) mouthparts. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 21-Nov-2007 22:46
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	I think I've narrowed it down to the genus Adejeania. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 21-Nov-2007 23:04
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	Or Hystricia... I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 22-Nov-2007 00:03
poisonwaffle Mega Fish Posts: 1397 Kudos: 591 Registered: 11-Feb-2003	I have no idea what kind of fly that is, natalie... but if you figure it out, definitely post it back up here... you've got me curious!
Posted 22-Nov-2007 20:14
tigermom Hobbyist Posts: 93 Kudos: 48 Votes: 59 Registered: 27-Mar-2007	I have no idea what kind of fly this is but I have always wondered. My friend had one land on her thigh and it started biting her or something. She swatted it off and it kept coming back, and each time it landed on her she started screaming that it was biting her. It was kinda funny actually. After she got tired of it biting her she got up and ran into the house and it actually followed her. If you find out what it is, please post. Tigermom
Posted 23-Nov-2007 00:50
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	If the fly your friend was around was trying to bite her, it was most likely a horsefly. They are large and notorious attackers of exposed thighs (especially if the person is wet). The fly in the picture I took was incapable of biting. I'm not sure what species it was, but I think it may have been Hystricia laxa (although I can't even find any information on the range of that species). I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 23-Nov-2007 08:57
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	probably a paradejeania
Posted 23-Nov-2007 14:20
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	also I assume you meant lapping mouthparts.
Posted 23-Nov-2007 14:26
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	It does resemble Paradejeania a lot as well. Now I'm confused... What the hell is the difference between all of these bee-like Tachinid genera anyway? It doesn't help that I can barely find any range information on this particular group of flies. Regarding mouthparts, I don't know what the proper term is. Most flies look like they suck to me. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 24-Nov-2007 06:52
DaMossMan Fish Guru Piranha Bait Posts: 2511 Kudos: 2117 Votes: 359 Registered: 16-Nov-2003	Hmmm. Cool fly. Someone's REEEEALY getting into the critters these days The Amazon Nut...
Posted 25-Nov-2007 00:53
Mez Ultimate Fish Guru Asian Hardfeather Enthusiast Posts: 3300 Votes: 162 Registered: 23-Feb-2001	leave her alone. im a critter geek too.
Posted 25-Nov-2007 07:24
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	The only "critters" I don't do are huntsman spiders. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 25-Nov-2007 22:23
Mez Ultimate Fish Guru Asian Hardfeather Enthusiast Posts: 3300 Votes: 162 Registered: 23-Feb-2001	i get them in my crickets very ocasionaly, or, are they wolf spiders? or, are they the same thing? anyway, mantis love em.
Posted 26-Nov-2007 03:21
poisonwaffle Mega Fish Posts: 1397 Kudos: 591 Registered: 11-Feb-2003	B-b-b-but huntsman spiders are SOOOOOoooo cute!!!
Posted 26-Nov-2007 04:04
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	There are huge differences between huntsman and wolf spiders. For one, the latter aren't scary. I don't even know if huntsman spiders live in the UK. I don't think we have any native ones in the continental US, there are some big ones introduced from Southeast Asia that are spreading. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Nov-2007 04:30
poisonwaffle Mega Fish Posts: 1397 Kudos: 591 Registered: 11-Feb-2003	And whats wrong with that? They're cute!
Posted 26-Nov-2007 05:22
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	Suck refers to any sort of assisted capillary action, I believe. Lapping is, well, lapping. Proto and paradejeania are the only ones in the "group" which regularly appear in the mid-north CA area, and I have seen quite a few of the latter in SD.
Posted 26-Nov-2007 19:48


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