Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bombyliid at solitary bee nesting aid

Posted by Juergen Peters on 24-05-2008 23:41
#1
Hello!

I found this one (10-12 mm) yesterday evening at our house (northwest Germany). Could it have hatched from the exuvia below left (mostly Osmia bees there)?

In the gallery I have found no exact match. Could it be an Anthrax species?


More and bigger pictures here (text in German):
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Posted by Juergen Peters on 24-05-2008 23:41
#2
Another picture.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 24-05-2008 23:41
#3
More lateral.

Posted by David Gibbs on 25-05-2008 09:53
#4
freshly emerged female Anthrax anthrax, certainly from the adjacent exuvia.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 25-05-2008 15:50
#5
Hello, David!

David Gibbs wrote:
freshly emerged female Anthrax anthrax, certainly from the adjacent exuvia.


Many thanks! Then the pale dark colour of the wing markings is due to freshly emerging...