Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Arctophila superbiens ?

Posted by brigitteu on 16-10-2009 21:48
#1

Location: Switzerland, 430 müM, near small wetland and edge of a wood
Date: 09.08.09
Size: about 14 mm

difficult to take pics, never sitting for a long time on the flower . . .

Could anybody please confirm my "search" or adjust? Thank you!
Regards, Brigitte

Posted by brigitteu on 16-10-2009 21:48
#2

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Posted by ChrisR on 16-10-2009 21:51
#3

Looks very similar to one I saw in the summer - here :)

Posted by brigitteu on 16-10-2009 22:03
#4

wow, yours is a nice pic!
I think it is the same pretty howerfly :-)
Thanks, Brigitte

Posted by ChrisR on 16-10-2009 22:34
#5

Thanks - it was a surprisingly difficult fly to photograph - it wasn't fast but the light wasn't good on that day :)