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Volucella bombylans
cyprinoid
Found this one in my father's childhood collection.. ca 50 years old.

Norway, 12-15mm.
Edited by cyprinoid on 22-01-2010 18:40
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Dima DD
Looks like ancient Volucella bombylans (female) from the Linné collection! Smile

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Paul Beuk
In the Linné collection it would have lost some of that colour. Wink
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HAHA! Thanks!
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Linné didn't visit Norway, as far as I know....
 
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In the Linné collection it would be Musca bombylans. That's my sort of taxonomy Smile What went wrong?
 
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