Wasp or Fly. (1 Viewer)

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coal tit

COAL TIT

• Aug 23, 2015

• #1

I photographed this wasp or fly species last year in my kitchen the body Shape Itself is bottle shaped which I find quite attractive and very streamlined to look at, have never from memory seen one like it before perhaps some one May Tell me more about this creature.

 

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aeshna5

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• Aug 23, 2015

• #2

Looks like the conopid fly Conops quadrifasciatus, which is a parasitoid of bumblebees.

 

Ficedula

velico ergo sum

• Aug 23, 2015

• #3

aeshna5 said:

Looks like the conopid fly Conops quadrifasciatus, which is a parasitoid of bumblebees.

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Agree, male.

 

C

coal tit

COAL TIT

• Aug 24, 2015

• #4

aeshna5 said:

Looks like the conopid fly Conops quadrifasciatus, which is a parasitoid of bumblebees.

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Thankyou aeshna for the Id
Has quadrifasciatus replaced quadrifasciata has that is what I have it come Under from a late 1970,s natural history guide of britain and northern europe The thickhead fly.

 

C

coal tit

COAL TIT

• Aug 24, 2015

• #5

Ficedula said:

Agree, male.

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Thank you Ficedula.