Probably the cutest fly ever, if only they were bigger.
Their fur is very fragile. When fly is being handled, it just rubs away
Bumblebees are better suited for cuddling.
They're big for the media of Bombyliidae
But the biggest member of the family that I've found is Exoprosopa grandis. It was ENORMOUS! I have a photo of it with a Graphosoma semipunctatum, that we can use for size comparison. However I will not upload photos of this species to Zoochat because it lacks an english common name,
I only choose insects with english common name for upload here, because if not, I would flood this gallery with thousands of poorly known species instead zoo photos!
Choose most unique ones out of those common-name-less species.
In the case with Exoprosopa grandis, you may name it Great Bee-fly ... (latin pasted next in thread name)
I know that I could invent any common name - for that are the common names - but for me this is an indicator of how well known is the species internationally or in english-speaking countries so I decided that as the cryteria for uploading them.
There are certainly some pics of latin-names-only animals at ZC.
Why not making those species more familiar to everybody? Entomologists will apreciate this!
I considere them inappropiate for this gallery. If you want to see the rest of my photos see ipernity: Bárbol's photos (it's starting, I go alphabetically and the first photo is the last uploaded one. I try to upload a species a day)
