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A bumblebee-colored gadfly?

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guest: Alex, 28.07.2008 14:31

A bumblebee-colored gadfly?
I don't know much about entomology, so I'd like to ask more
knowledgeable people before throwing the insect out with the dust.
Is there such a type of gadfly that completely emits the color of a bumblebee?
Thank you.

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28.07.2008 14:43, Tigran Oganesov

Are you sure it's a gadfly?"
Most likely babbler Volucella bombylans

28.07.2008 17:27, barry

Well, at least on a mobile phone to take a picture of it... and then you can guess until you're blue in the face. Basically, there are flies that look like bumblebees.

28.07.2008 17:38, Tigran Oganesov

Yeah, and not just the flies...

28.07.2008 18:25, алекс 2611

A bumblebee-colored gadfly?
I don't know much about entomology, so I'd like to ask more
knowledgeable people before throwing the insect out with the dust.
Is there such a type of gadfly that completely emits the color of a bumblebee?
Thank you.

Everything is right. Gadfly (not horsefly!!!) just like its pubescence and color bumblebee (or bumblebee-like babblers). I mean gadflies from the genus Gastrophilus.

28.07.2008 18:46, Tigran Oganesov

Everything is right. Gadfly (not horsefly!!!) just like its pubescence and color bumblebee (or bumblebee-like babblers). I mean gadflies from the genus Gastrophilus.

There are some, but I have vague doubts. In the vast majority of cases, gadflies are called either horseflies or sirfids. And to meet such a gadfly is much less likely than other representatives of mimicking flies.
In any case, you need a photo.

29.07.2008 6:42, алекс 2611

There are some, but I have vague doubts. In the vast majority of cases, gadflies are called either horseflies or sirfids. And to meet such a gadfly is much less likely than other representatives of mimicking flies.
In any case, you need a photo.


Well, in general, I agree. Without a photo, it is very difficult to discuss such issues.

06.08.2008 8:38, Pirx

In the south, in the Crimea and in the Caucasus, there is a very large bumblebee horsefly Tabanus tricolor. In some places it is quite common. Furry, black-white-red. Maybe he, dear? And, indeed, Alexey is right - some gadflies look like bumblebees. And so people usually call horseflies gadflies. Like Ethel Lillian Voynich wink.gif

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