Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Parageron sp. (Bombyliidae Usiinae)

Posted by Isidro on 24-03-2025 07:09
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Which species of Parageron is it? incisus, gratus, auratus?
It was resting on a semi-open flowerhead of Calendula arvensis in a cloudy-slightly rainy day in open terrain over dry grypsy soil next to a village. Photographed at El Burgo de Ebro (Zaragoza, NE Spain) on 23th March 2025. 183 meters over sea.
Size was relatively big, I can't say exactly but it would be almost as bulky as a small housefly.

i.ibb.co/1fdq9rXJ/P1570552-23-3-25-Burgo-de-Ebro.jpg