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ID request for Bee fly? near Chennai - INDIA
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SKAN |
Posted on 09-09-2018 00:15
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Member Location: Chennai, INDIA Posts: 62 Joined: 25.01.16 |
~20mm Bee fly(?), basking in morning sun. This behaves like a large black Xylocopa carpenter bee. It buzzed and danced in front of my face. It had the nerve to chase a Xylocopa (almost twice its size) from its territory. Can be easily mistaken for the Large carpenter bee when in flight. It is highly active. Though I had seen this a number of times, could never record it. Spotted it 100 KM away from Chennai city (INDIA) on 05-Sep-2018 07:28 Genus level ID would be highly appreciated. Thank you. SKAN attached the following image: [159.37Kb] |
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