Gallery Links
Users Online
· Guests Online: 16

· Members Online: 0

· Total Members: 5,045
· Newest Member: Sandro Kiladze
Forum Threads
Newest Threads
· Conopidae ID
· ID please
· ID please
· Lycaenidae ID
· Tephritidae ID
Hottest Threads
· Portraits of amat... [338]
· Fly bubble blowing [172]
· Ariasella lusitan... [105]
· Pinning flies and... [94]
Theme Switcher
Switch to:
Last Seen Users
· Carnifex< 5 mins
· binturong00:06:41
· Moumoule00:13:07
· smol00:27:05
· BartNap00:49:32
· Reimund Ley01:05:05
· weia01:05:23
· alenkat01:17:13
· eklans01:29:28
· libor01:44:57
Latest Photo Additions

Orfelia sp. (1)

Tabanus bovinus (mal...

Wyeomyia vanduzeei (...

Brachycara sp. (male...

Toxophora amphitea (1)

Tabanus bovinus (mal...

Hybomitra aterrima (...

Odontomyia hydroleon...

Odontomyia hydroleon...

Culiseta annulata (m...
View Thread
Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
Who is here? 1 guest(s)
 Print Thread
bumblebee like fly ->Mesembrina mystacea
treebeard
#1 Print Post
Posted on 11-05-2017 19:58
Member

Location: Slovakia
Posts: 614
Joined: 13.08.13

 I think, it is not a Syrphid

11 May 2017, Slovakia, Banska Bystrica, black alder forest near cattle farm, as large as smaller bumblee, plumose arista

I have no idea, what it is, Tachinidae?

Thank you in advance

Matej
treebeard attached the following image:


[273.33Kb]
Edited by treebeard on 11-05-2017 21:57
 
John Carr
#2 Print Post
Posted on 11-05-2017 20:26
User Avatar

Super Administrator

Location: Massachusetts, USA
Posts: 10421
Joined: 22.10.10

 Compare Mesembrina mystacea in the Muscidae gallery.
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31715949@N00
treebeard
#3 Print Post
Posted on 11-05-2017 20:39
Member

Location: Slovakia
Posts: 614
Joined: 13.08.13

 Yes, that is it.

Thank you very much!
 
Jump to Forum:
Similar Threads
Thread Forum Replies Last Post
A bumblebee mimicking tachinid, Tachina?-->Yes,subgn Servilia Diptera (adults) 7 01-12-2024 12:34
Mesembrina meridiana? --> confirmed Diptera (adults) 3 21-09-2023 07:50
Bumblebee-like fly Diptera (adults) 5 21-08-2023 10:02
Bumblebee host for Volucella zonaria? Syrphidae 3 08-11-2022 20:43
Mesembrina mystacea? Diptera (adults) 5 24-09-2021 11:32
Date and time
16 July 2025 13:05
Login
Username

Password



Not a member yet?
Click here to register.

Forgotten your password?
Request a new one here.
Temporary email?
Due to fact this site has functionality making use of your email address, any registration using a temporary email address will be rejected.

Paul
Donate
Please, help to make
Diptera.info
possible and enable
further improvements!
Latest Articles
· Voltinism in Chaoborus
· Vitaliy Nikolaevich ...
· Mating behaviour and...
· Oviposition into the...
· African Invertebrates
Syrph the Net
Those who want to have access to the Syrph the Net database need to sign the
License Agreement -
Click to Download

Public files of Syrph the Net can be downloaded HERE

Last updated: 25.08.2011
Shoutbox
You must login to post a message.

Tony Irwin
23.06.25 18:10
If you have some spare money, there is a copy (together with keys to pupae and larvae) for sale by Hermann L. Strack, Loguivy Plougras, France

smol
23.06.25 11:18
Appreciate it, Tony Irwin! I got the hint to use the key next to Langton and Pinder key for females of Chironomidae. So no specific queries, except the keys... I will keep this on my list and hope th

Tony Irwin
19.06.25 15:33
I have the hard copy book, if you have any specific queries, but I'm not scanning the 500+ pages!

smol
02.06.25 18:26
Anyone has "Chironomidae of the Holarctic region. Keys and diagnoses. Part 3. Adult Males Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement 34"? smolwaarneming@gma
il.com

Nikita Vikhrev
28.05.25 20:57
I have Russian Coenosia. nikita6510@ya.ru

smol
28.05.25 12:25
Is someone able to share with me "A key to the Russian species of the genus Coenosia"?

Nikita Vikhrev
08.05.25 18:22
I have

rvanderweele
03.05.25 08:35
Does someone has a scan of Nartshuk E.P. 2003. Key to families of Diptera (Insecta) of the fauna of Russian and adjacent countries. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute Vol. 294: 1-252 for me?

Zeegers
10.03.25 18:02
We are looking for a new webmaster https://diptera.in
fo/forum/viewthrea
d.php?thread_id=11
5023&rowstart=20

Zeegers
04.03.25 17:10
Please use the link posted below to remember and honour Paul, if you wish

Render time: 0.44 seconds | 231,514,578 unique visits