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Macroglossum stellatarum

Photo by Nadi88
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Field Notes

Description:

This little butterfly looks like a hummingbird. Two of them just landed next to me on the ground and put their abdomen into the soil. What have they done?

Species ID Suggestions

Large Beefly

Bombylius major

Comments (1)

This is not a little hawk moth, but a Beefly. Diptera, Bombyliidae. We call them Grosser Wollschweber. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Großer_Wollschweber
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PublishedApril 26, 2011

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