I saw some type of fly today and was looking for help identifying it.
I live in the lower Hudson Valley in New York.
It was a fairly large fly - about an inch long.
When it landed, it tucked it's wings to make a triangle shape, similar to a moth. So the widest part of it was about the same length as the longest part.
It was a dark, pewter gray in color.
The wings were the most extraordinary part - they looked like they were made of stained glass. The different sections of teh wings were separated by what looked like leading. Some sections were transparent and some sections were black. The wings were all shiny.
That's about as much detail I got before it flew away.
I've never seen a bug like this before, and was hoping it sounded familiar to someone.
Considering there's 120,000 species of flies, this could take a while.
Enmos how do you like the big fly picture...hehehee
Moths like that are heavy and hard - they aren't fluttery and butterfly like; they carom and bang on windows.raven said:It seemed much more substantial than a moth.
I heard it land on the wooden fence. It was heavy and hard.
I know... this one isn't what you're looking for, but its very cool looking.
![]()
....Holy shit! Look at this beast I came across while looking at moths for the wing shape:
![]()
That is beautiful!Thanks for posting it.
I thought bugs only got that big when there is a lot of oxygen in the air. Where the heck is there that much oxygen in the air???
so bugs in higher oxygenated areas aren't larger than bugs in Tibet?
sorry, I don't think my question came across right. I know Tibet has less oxygen. So aren't bugs in the jungle larger?
Its a temp thing? Why? Heat gives them a longer life cycle so they have time to grow larger?