Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bumblebee-like fly

Posted by Eckhart Derschmidt on 20-08-2023 11:51
#1
Hello, I photographed this specimen on August 17, 2023 at the inner Alm-valley in Southern Upper Austria, in a wood at an altitude of approximately 1000m. When photographing it, I tought of a syrphid, but the antennae don't like syphid-like at all. What is it? Best regards, Eckhart

Posted by JWV on 20-08-2023 12:50
#2
Hi Eckhart,

Have a look at Volucella bombylans Wink

Best, Jonne

Posted by John Carr on 20-08-2023 12:55
#3
The wing veins are typical of Syrphidae – long basal cells and closed r5.

Posted by Eckhart Derschmidt on 20-08-2023 23:15
#4
Thank you both for your expertise. The plumed antennae brought me on the wrong track, and I still have to learn about the wing veins...
Greetings from Vienna
Eckhart

Posted by Axel D on 21-08-2023 10:02
#5
Volucella bombylans for me. Arista are plumose in this species.