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Arctophila superbiens ?
brigitteu
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
 
brigitteu
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ChrisR
Looks very similar to one I saw in the summer - here Smile
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.
 
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brigitteu
wow, yours is a nice pic!
I think it is the same pretty howerfly :-)
Thanks, Brigitte
 
ChrisR
Thanks - it was a surprisingly difficult fly to photograph - it wasn't fast but the light wasn't good on that day Smile
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.
 
http://tachinidae.org.uk
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