Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Villa from Switzerland

Posted by Sundew on 06-08-2007 00:24
#4

The female is very similar to a Villa hottentotta that I photographed some weeks ago. I have never seen a male, but compare http://fauneflore06.site.voila.fr/images/insecte/diptere/pvilla2.jpg
that shows a mating couple.
V. hottentotta is said to occur from North Africa to Middle Europe.
Sundew