Wednesday 19 July 2017

Hoverfly - Criorhina floccosa?

Another Hoverfly from the carcasses in the house - this time it has its head but the antennae are missing. Nonetheless I am reasonably confident in identifying it as Criorhina floccosa (but not certain). It certainly looks like a bee mimic and C floccosa is a mimic of the Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascorum). The clincher for me are the tufts of pale hair from the abdomen.

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