Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bombylius sp

Posted by Isidro on 29-04-2025 15:38
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27th April 2025
Juslibol, Saragossa, NE Spain.200 meters over sea
Dry gypsy steppes. Hovering over dusty hot trail. Windy day.
Big sized, as major or cruciatus

B. cruciatus is the common one in the area

It never landed, so I was unable to took a sharp photo

Any possibility of specific ID, even a guess?

Thanks!

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Posted by Isidro on 18-06-2025 17:55
#2
Nobody?

Posted by Juergen Peters on 18-06-2025 19:26
#3
Isidro wrote:
Nobody?

What speaks against B. major?

Posted by Isidro on 05-07-2025 09:05
#4
So you're saying it's B. major? That's a great new! Thanks!

Posted by Juergen Peters on 05-07-2025 23:15
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Isidro wrote:
So you're saying it's B. major?

Here in northwest Germany it would be without doubt. But it's the only Bombylius species I've found here... ;)