Bee flies (Bombyliidae)


Bee flies (Bombyliidae)

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Discussion

3 Feb 2025
It may well be Ligyra cingulata, but there are 110 species in this genus, and I don't know them that well. To confirm to species level it would need a pretty clear image of the wing pattern.

Ligyra (genus)
KMcCue wrote:
19 Jan 2025
Lousy photo but the only one I took, hurriedly, before it departed

Villa sp. (genus)
19 Jan 2025
I think that it may be a bee fly - like Geron or Villa

Villa sp. (genus)
KylieWaldon wrote:
4 Jan 2025
I think this is Villa species? Villa sp. (genus) :) Lovely photo!

Villa sp. (genus)
3 Jan 2025
Ligyra sp.?

Bombyliidae (family)
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