Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Big colorful Asilidae

Posted by Isidro on 18-06-2007 15:20
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I saw various specimens of this spectacular, very big (4-5 cm) and colorful asilid at Sabi?anigo, Aragon, Spain (Pre-Pyrenees), in open shrubland (dominated by Genista scorpius and Thymus vulgaris).

I saw some similar in the forum as Eccoptopus longitarsis. Could be this one the same species?

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Edited by Isidro on 18-06-2007 18:53