Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Machimus sp? from Crete

Posted by nick upton on 07-12-2013 17:14
#1

A medium sized robberfly - around 15mm hunting in coastal scrubland on Crete in late May. Looks very similar to Machimus modestus I photographed in Croatia, but I can only find records for that in Eastern Europe and Turkey, so this may be a lookalike.

Edited by nick upton on 07-12-2013 17:15

Posted by nick upton on 07-12-2013 17:16
#2

A head on view:

Edited by nick upton on 07-12-2013 17:17

Posted by nick upton on 07-12-2013 17:17
#3

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