Posted by Juergen Peters on 23-04-2022 20:43
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Hello,
when I first saw this furry fly today at a forest path (northwest Germany), I thought it was a bumblebee, more precisely
Bombus pratorum. But only the males of this species are so furry, and they aren't there, yet. On closer looking I saw, it was a large fly, but none of the bumblebee mimicking Syrphidae.
I think, this must be an Oestrid, possibly
Cephenemyia stimulator.
Fittingly I also saw some roe deers at the same time and place in the forest...
Edited by Juergen Peters on 24-04-2022 18:17