Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bombyliidae - Exoprosopa species from Corsica

Posted by caliprobola on 28-07-2008 15:43
#1

On a birding trip to Corsica i made this picture of a Exoprosopa species. Is it possible to determine this one to species level from this picture?
The picture was made on the 17th of july near Ajaccio, the west of the island.

thx
pieter

Posted by David Gibbs on 28-07-2008 16:09
#2

Exoprosopav jacchus

Posted by Xespok on 28-07-2008 16:24
#3

Offtopic question: Did you manage to find the Coriscan Nuthatch in July?

Posted by caliprobola on 30-07-2008 13:49
#4

@David: thx for determination, Corsica seems like a paradise for Bombyliidae; i saw Villa's & little black ones like this Exoprosopa everywhere. Unfortunately i didn't get the time to pay more attention to them.

@Xespok/Gabor: yes, we found the nuthatch fairly easy. We used this trip report to find all the endemic bird species of the region, as we also did (except for some less important subspecies). We also had some of the endemic butterfly species. But except for this one i didn't really have the oportunity to look at flies. You can see some pics of my trip here (post of 20th july 2008), the comments are in dutch though...

@Paul: sorry to get off topic...