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Handsome fly - or is it Bombyliidae or similar??
Chris
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Posted on 15-05-2011 22:02
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 Found this yesterday on a sandy path nearby a blooming meadow and limestone in the Northern Bavarian Mountains, Germany.
What is it?

Thanks!

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 Yes, Bombyliidae! Smile
Sincerely yours
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Thanks Sara for your help.
In the end it comes up as Hemipenthes morio.

Chris
 
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 Anthrax aethiops
 
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 Anthrax aethiops - thanks David!
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