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North Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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SO727446. Mathon, Herefordshire
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Found and photographed by Fred. But what is it?Neorhaphiomidas sp Thanks Michael!
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South Oxfordshire District, England, United Kingdom
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North Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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Embalse Jandula. Andujar NP, Jaen Province, Spain
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Koonyum Range, New South Wales, Australia
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Okefenokee Swamp
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Bombyliidae Villa? Anthrax incomptus
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Jimena, Andalusia, Spain
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Arizona, United States
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Arizona, United States
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I was fortunate enough to see two of these beeflies having a battle. It is a large beefly with strong vein markings on the wings. I heard the two males (I presume) first and they were flying and crashing into each other. One sat down for a little while allowing me to move in for a couple of photos before he buzzed off very fast. I notice he has damage on both wings. Comptosia aurescens ID with thanks Michael Jefferies. See Michael's comment below.
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St. Cyrus Nature Reserve, Montrose, Scotland. NO753646
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The flies appeared to be laying eggs while hovering above small ant nests and disturbed sand on the track as well as hovering over the leaf litter along the track edge. They occasionally rested momentarily on the sand or perched on low shrubs and grasses. Photos: Fred and Jean
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Lackford, England, United Kingdom
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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The insects were very quick today and seemed to mostly only let me get to 1.5metres from them before zooming away. This one did let me get a bit closer but didn't sit long enough to get a clear wing shot.
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Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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A very impressive beefly ~20mm long in close vicinity to the flowering
Grevillea stenopteraThe males were protecting their areas and buzzing loudly as they flew, attacking any other insect visitor. A number of stick perches were available for them to take advantage of.
Comptosia xanthobasis ID with thanks Michael JefferiesRelated closely to
Comptosia aurescens
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Stony Cross, England, United Kingdom
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Neosaropogon harlequinus Tiny head tucked in on such a long body! Length 30mmThanks to Torsten Dikow for the ID
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Great to find these Diochlistus mitis, handsome flower flies we had not seen before. These were flying low to the ground among low open shrubs on white sandy soil in Banksia menziesii open woodland. This environment had been burned about two years ago and the resulting shrub regrowth was coloured with flowers that provided food for the flies. On a 28 degree day the flies were very active. At times they were seen resting momentarily on the warm sand. These can be identified by the distinctive wing venation and the colourful yellow markings on the abdomens. Length around 20 mm. As far as we know these flies are rarely seen.Thanks to Xuankun Li and Chris Cohen for the identification.Photos: Jean and Fred