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Can anyone suggest an ID for this beefly.. recently photographed on Samos, a Greek Island, but just a few miles off the coast of Turkey. I can't find a match for it. Closest I can find is maybe Exprosopa spp.. but that may be wide of the mark and am not sure what species are possible for this region..

A few of these were around, alternately feeding on globe thistles, when not chased off by wasps, or sunning on rocks, usually up high where there was more sea breeze.

The wing patterning was very striking, and the clear bands very obvious, even in flight.

23.8.2011 c15mm Samos Greece, north coast.