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<p>Dear Francis,</p>
<p>With a face like that, it can only be one. Hence the ID is correct: Arctophila bombiformis!</p>
<p>Greetings,</p>
<p>André van Eck<br />Tilburg<br />Netherlands</p>
<p>Francis Gilbert schreef op 2012-05-21 10:28:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Thanks to all who responded to my request. If anyone else has an opinion on whether this is a strange morph of Volucella bombylans or Arctophila bombiformis, especially those who have actually seen Arctophila bombiformis in nature, then please feel free to let me know.<!-- o ignored --></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">The photo was taken by Professor Pat Willmer on 2 Sept 2005 in her garden near St Andrews, Scotland. If it is this species, it will of course be new to Great Britain - hence the interest!<!-- o ignored --></span></p>
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