Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Handsome fly - or is it Bombyliidae or similar??

Posted by Chris on 15-05-2011 22:02
#1
Found this yesterday on a sandy path nearby a blooming meadow and limestone in the Northern Bavarian Mountains, Germany.
What is it?

Thanks!

Chris

Posted by Sara21392 on 15-05-2011 22:16
#2
Yes, Bombyliidae! :)

Posted by Chris on 16-05-2011 13:37
#3

Thanks Sara for your help.
In the end it comes up as Hemipenthes morio.

Chris

Posted by David Gibbs on 16-05-2011 16:35
#4
Anthrax aethiops

Posted by Chris on 16-05-2011 20:02
#5
Anthrax aethiops - thanks David!
Chris