Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Yellow striped fly attracted by sweat =>Ferdinandea cuprea

Posted by FliegenFranz on 25-05-2019 23:13
#1
Hello,

this rather big fly (>1cm length) repeatedly came to my arm tasting my sweat. I'm grateful for an ID
Location: lower bavaria, sparse deciduous forest, 25.05.2019


Sorry for suboptimal pics but it wasn't easy to hold the camera with one hand without scaring the fly off that sat on the other hand ;)
Edited by FliegenFranz on 27-05-2019 18:22

Posted by FliegenFranz on 25-05-2019 23:16
#2
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Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-05-2019 04:10
#3
Hello,

Ferdinandea cuprea, Syrphidae.