Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Is this an Anthrax anthrax (Bombylidae)
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| tammi061 |
Posted on 07-08-2012 09:42
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I made this picture in my garden at 2012/7/24 at 09.44 a.m (Syrphidae?)
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| Gnats2meetu |
Posted on 07-08-2012 18:19
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 Member Location: York, U.K. Posts: 303 Joined: 06.07.09 |
Bombyliidae? Hard to make out from the pixelated image
Edited by Gnats2meetu on 07-08-2012 18:26 Bobby D Jorvík |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 07-08-2012 20:30
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
It might help if we knew where in the world it was seen too 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| tammi061 |
Posted on 08-08-2012 14:28
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OK Chris It's in Holland, near Haarlem  |
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| tammi061 |
Posted on 08-08-2012 14:54
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the same image, only bigger than the first one.
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 08-08-2012 15:10
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Looks like Anthrax anthrax (Bombylidae) to me but I have no idea if they usually occur that far north  Try changing the subject/title to attract the bee-fly experts
Edited by ChrisR on 08-08-2012 15:10 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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