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Hello,

I think, Abia is correct. Could it be lonicerae? If I meet them in my garden, they nearly always rest on Honeysuckle Lonicera xylosteum. But I never saw any larvae. They have been pretty common in the last year.

Location: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinum, 53572 Unkel, river Rhine valley, Stux hill, dry and warm habitat (grapeyards), nearby deciduous forest (oak, beech ...), May 5th 2023.

Fly 1 + 2 are one individual, fly 3 is another.

Thanks in advance,

Michael

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Hello Michael, I'm quite sure it's a male Abia sericea:
see Steven Falk: https://www.flick...460023725/

(there's only one photo attached)

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Hello Eric,

after the first picture there were “No new Threads allowed at present “. I don´t know why, obviously others could post new threads, I couldn`t.

Abia sericea looks good, Scabiosa and Dipsacus were flowering nearby.

Now I try to post the last 2 pictures

#2

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#3

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Nice photos and the last one is a male Abia candens (antennal base dark).

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But wrong subforum...

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@ Eric:

Thank you very much for your determination, Eric! Two Abia species, I never thouigt that possible!

Greetings from the Stux hill,

Michael

@ Jürgen:

I know, but „in the field” I had a list called “flies”, and on it I have written all “fly-like” animals I photographed. And this list I used for determination, knowing, but not thinking about the fact, that some “flies” were really “wasps”.

Greetings from the Stux hill,

Michael