Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fly with three yellow stripes on the thorax --> Phasia aurigera (Male)

Posted by Volker on 21-08-2020 13:24
#1
Hello,

i found this strikingly beautiful fly on peppermint in my garden today. What species is it ?

Germany, Saarland, Bexbach, Garden on peppermint, Absolute Altitude 250 m, 21.08.2020

Greetings Volker

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Edited by Volker on 22-08-2020 07:56

Posted by Zeegers on 21-08-2020 14:19
#2
Male Phasia aurigera. They are early, this year.

Theo

Posted by Volker on 21-08-2020 14:20
#3
Hi Theo,

many thanks |t

Greetings volker