Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Distinctive Diptera UK ID please.
Posted by nomad on 20-06-2016 08:33
#1
Hi. Can someone please ID this fly similar to a Bombus species found in a lowland meadow, Glos in the UK at the weekend. Thanks Peter.
Posted by jonas on 20-06-2016 08:36
#2
should be Villa cingulata
tricky genus - be carefull :-)
bye
Posted by jonas on 20-06-2016 08:37
#3
one of the more rarer Villa's by the way.
at least on mainland Europe.
Posted by nomad on 20-06-2016 10:41
#4
Thank you for the ID. Rare in the UK.