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.

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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.