Laphria flava |
Authority | : | (Linnaeus, 1761) |
Nederlands | : | Gele hommelroofvlieg |
English | : | bumblebee robberfly |
Deutsch | : | Gelbe Mordfliege, Gelbe Raubfliege |
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Dagro (Tessin), Switzerland; 17 - 21 July 2007. |
Males launch themselves from their perch - here the pile of logs - to pursue prey insects - here a parasitic wasp. |
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Dagro (Tessin), Switzerland; 26 July 2007. |
Two females were simultaneously ovipositing in the big tree stump shown in the photographs below. They oviposited in small holes in the wood, in the bark, as well as between bark and wood. |