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 Unknown golden bee
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| Alvesgaspar |
Posted on 11-09-2007 18:29
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 Member Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 573 Joined: 24.08.07 |
This is a quite uncommon bee for my little experience and I have no ideaa of the species or family. Sorry about the poor quality of the photo. Joaquim Gaspar Lisboa Alvesgaspar attached the following image:  [164.76Kb] |
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| cthirion |
Posted on 11-09-2007 19:11
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Member Location: Awirs (Flémalle) Belgique Posts: 901 Joined: 13.08.04 |
Golden bee is Diptera Bombyliidae !
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| Alvesgaspar |
Posted on 11-09-2007 19:18
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Member Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 573 Joined: 24.08.07 |
Ahhh... So, it is a bee-fly? Well, it fooled me, for sure. Thanks for the help. Any idea of the genus? I can't see the long proboscis of the Bombylius sp. |
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| crex |
Posted on 11-09-2007 19:55
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 Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06 |
Villa sp, I think. Perhaps if Paul moved the thread and you changed the main subject to attract David Gibbs ... |
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