Milésie faux-frelon (Milesia crabroniformis), Le Collet-de-Dèze, Lozère, France

            Between 24 and 29 July 2017, I have been following a population of this hornet-mimic hoverfly in a narrow forested stream gorge within the Dourdon river basin (Le Collet-de-Dèze, Lozère). Individuals were either seen drinking on the stream edge (2 x), feeding nectar or pollen on flowers (Buddleja davidii, Eupatorium cannabinum, Rubus sp., etc.) along a forest path ca. 50 meters above the stream (3 x) or feeding on undetermined garden shrubs (2 x), in a private garden ca. 50 meters away  from the forest edge.  Both males and females were observed several times. On one occasion, two individuals (m + f) were noticed feeding on the same shrubs, all other observations covered single individuals.
Compared to other large hoverflies, M. crabroniformis seem to be rather shy and difficult to approach, pictures were thus taken with a 300 mm MFT lens.

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Taken in: France / Languedoc-Roussillon / Dèze (show map)

Taken on: July 29, 2017

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France

Lozère

Le Collet-de-Dèze

Hoverfly

Schwebfliege

Syrphidae

Diptera

Milesia crabroniformis

Milesia

Milésie

Milésie faux-frelon

Batesian mimicry

Hornet hoverfly

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Sets appears in: • Hoverflies / Schwebfliegen / Syrphidae • Le Collet-de-Dèze

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Camera: Olympus E-M1MarkII, f/6.3, 1/250 sec, 300mm, ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Olympus E-M1MarkII
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	300mm
ISO:	1600
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	On, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Fine Weather
Gain Control:	High gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	OLYMPUS Viewer 3 2.2M
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