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I found that nice guy sucking water in the wet sand of the bank of a creek


Greece, Peloponnisos, near bridge between Kakotari and Panopoulos
I can give exact GPS, if wanted, but no more fotos.

Thanks for help
Siga

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Did I hurt any rules, or is that nice fly unknown.

Thanks for comments, Siga

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I think you are right, it is Bombylius sp. (and a very attractive one), but I can't suggest a species.

However, a rather similar fly can be seen here from Turkey:

http://www.corzonneveld.nl/diptera/Asiloidea/Bombyliidae/Bombyliinae/Bombylius%20378%20med.jpg

and here:

http://www.corzonneveld.nl/diptera/Asiloidea/Bombyliidae/Bombyliinae/Bombylius%20379%20med.jpg

Greetings,
Heneik

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Thanks for the hint. I suppose its the same species. I watched ''my'' fly for many minutes, because it was not shy and did not mind my many attempts to get a good photo, which with my camera means to approach a distance from only a few cm. It usually stayed flying without changing position only a few cm above the sandy ground. When I approached to close, it changed position for less then one m and then stayed flying there.

More impressing than the black-white stripes on Notum were the black-white stripes on abdomen, that unfortunately are not well to see at the photo

So the species seems to be the No 378 lol

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It's a female Bombylius quadrifarius Loew, 1855

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Thanks a lot, Because I was not informed by e-mail, I just now realized that there was a new answer in the thread.

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Thanks a lot, Because I was not informed by e-mail, I just now realized that there was a new answer in the thread.