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| Josef Buecker |
Posted on 31-01-2009 16:57
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 Member Location: Hagen, Germany Posts: 616 Joined: 03.02.08 |
Hello Forum, what about the ID of this syrphid? Found in Hagen, NRW, alder marshland, 175msm, September 26th 2008 Best regards, josef Josef Buecker attached the following image:  [149.63Kb] |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 31-01-2009 23:06
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5255 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Looks like Platycheirus sp.,don't know which one. The green colour is just being picked up from the surrounding vegatation, the same way your reflection can be seen on the thorax. Regards Roger Edited by Roger Thomason on 31-01-2009 23:08 |
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| conopid |
Posted on 31-01-2009 23:41
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 Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
female Melanostoma - note the triangular shaped yellow markings on the abdomen.
Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 01-02-2009 00:27
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5255 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Well that's my quota of wrong ID's used up for January. Unfortunately it's February tomorrow, so expect some more soon  . |
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