Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Bombyliidae - Hemipenthes velutina?
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| nick upton |
Posted on 27-08-2011 13:45
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
I think this has to be H. velutina? the same species I photographed in Croatia last year, but a better shot, taken on Samos recently. 22.8.11 c13mm Samos, Greece. nick upton attached the following image:  [64.3Kb] Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 27-08-2011 13:47
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
And here is one of this fly digging its abdomen into some dry soil, probably gathering some into its "sand chamber" as I described for an as yet unidentified species posted today from the same site: http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=41389
nick upton attached the following image:  [177.71Kb] Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 11-09-2011 20:04
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
I'm pretty sure this is H. velutina unless anyone who know their bombylids thinks different...
Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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