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 Is this Sphaerophoria, and then which species?
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| rafael_carbonell |
Posted on 12-06-2008 18:05
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 Member Location: Beuda, Girona, Catalonia Posts: 667 Joined: 23.03.06 |
Hello, Someone told me this fly should be Sphaerophoria, but looking at the species of the genus, it doesn't seem any in my area. Do you have any idea? Thanks. Eating nectar from Leucanthemum vulgare, road vegetation border in a stone-oak environment, Can Benet, Sales de Llierca, Girona, Spain, UTM31T DG7177, 250 m, 12.06.2008. rafael_carbonell attached the following image:  [38.33Kb] |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 12-06-2008 18:45
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3915 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Looks like a male Sphaerophoria indeed. Post it in the Syrphidae forum to attract the experts! The double thread without photo can easily be deleted with the "edit" function, going to "delete this thread". Regards, Sundew |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 13-06-2008 10:26
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 Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
It is clearly Sphaerophoria scripta, with wings tips obviously falling short of the tip of the abdomen.
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| rafael_carbonell |
Posted on 13-06-2008 20:44
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Member Location: Beuda, Girona, Catalonia Posts: 667 Joined: 23.03.06 |
Thank you very much, it seemed to me the colour of the abdomen looked somewhat different as, i.e., the picture of Gerard Pennards, with black-pale yellow-black-bright yellow... in my picture, but I suppose is because intraspecific variation... |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 14-06-2008 22:55
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Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Yes, the amount of yellow can vary a lot.
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