Posted by Sundew on 02-07-2020 01:59
#1
Hi,
On Saturday evening I met this female intending to sleep on a
Centaurea flowerhead bud. I see a small red spot on the base of the mid tibia, only hairs and no bristles on the underside of femur 1, and yellow marginal bristles on the scutellum - this points to
Machimus rusticus. Do you agree, or are there better candidates? Locality is southwestern Germany, 20 km west of Stuttgart.
Many thanks, Sundew
Posted by Quaedfliegh on 05-07-2020 20:25
#3
I have been looking at this one..... it looks so golden.... but yes it could very well be Machimus rusticus :-)