Posted by nick upton on 27-08-2011 13:45
#1
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.
Posted by nick upton on 27-08-2011 13:47
#2
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
Posted by nick upton on 11-09-2011 20:04
#3
I'm pretty sure this is H. velutina unless anyone who know their bombylids thinks different...