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Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Is this a Merodon? (from Croatia, 2 pics)

Posted by Rupert Huber on 13-06-2010 15:12

Hello to all!
Is this some Merodon species, or am I totally wrong here? Size about 12-15mm.

1.6.2010, Croatia, Kamenjak (southernmost part of Istria).

Edited by Rupert Huber on 13-06-2010 15:13

Posted by Rupert Huber on 13-06-2010 15:13

2nd pic

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 13-06-2010 17:10

Yes, it's a Merodon allright, and with these very enlarged hind femora and it's size I would say a male Merodon clavipes!
Greetings

Posted by Rupert Huber on 13-06-2010 18:08

Thanks a lot! Perhaps another one for the gallery...:)