Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Is this an Anthrax anthrax (Bombylidae)

Posted by tammi061 on 07-08-2012 09:42
#1

I made this picture in my garden at 2012/7/24 at 09.44 a.m (Syrphidae?)

Edited by tammi061 on 09-08-2012 17:04

Posted by Gnats2meetu on 07-08-2012 18:19
#2

Bombyliidae? Hard to make out from the pixelated image

Edited by Gnats2meetu on 07-08-2012 18:26

Posted by ChrisR on 07-08-2012 20:30
#3

It might help if we knew where in the world it was seen too :D

Posted by tammi061 on 08-08-2012 14:28
#4

OK Chris
It's in Holland, near Haarlem|t

Posted by tammi061 on 08-08-2012 14:54
#5

the same image, only bigger than the first one.

Posted by ChrisR on 08-08-2012 15:10
#6

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