Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Arctophila bombiformis? -> yes

Posted by Michael Becker on 14-02-2009 08:07
#1
Hello,

this rather large syrphid is from july on the slopes of a mountain in Austria. Is it Arctophila bombiformis?

Thanks,
Michael
Edited by Michael Becker on 16-02-2009 16:08

Posted by Guenter on 16-02-2009 13:16
#2
Yes.
Quite common here in Vorarlberg

Posted by Michael Becker on 16-02-2009 15:55
#3
Hello Guenter,

thank you for your answer. I never have seen it here in the region around Cologne. It really looks like a bumblebee.

Michael