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 Volucella inanis?
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| PeterD |
Posted on 09-09-2010 22:58
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Member Location: Portsmouth UK Posts: 297 Joined: 08.11.09 |
Could anyone please confirm, or correct, my ID? Click here for larger image>> http://www.imagei...hKj-XL.jpg  Click here for larger image>> http://www.imagei...TuC-XL.jpg Thank you Kind regards Peter www.imageinuk.com |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 09-09-2010 23:07
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
That looks correct to me 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| PeterD |
Posted on 10-09-2010 01:51
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Member Location: Portsmouth UK Posts: 297 Joined: 08.11.09 |
ChrisR wrote: That looks correct to me Thanks Chris 
Kind regards Peter www.imageinuk.com |
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| Andre |
Posted on 10-09-2010 10:50
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 Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
No, this is Volucella zonaria. Compare with pics in the gallery.. the tip of the abdomen, for instance.
Edited by Andre on 10-09-2010 10:50 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 10-09-2010 11:41
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I see your point (V.inanis should have more black bands near the tip of the abdomen) - that's the palest V.zonaria I have seen but maybe it was a trick of the flash/light?
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Menno Reemer |
Posted on 10-09-2010 11:58
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I vote for the original identification as V. inanis. In V. zonaria, sternite 2 is black, while in V. inanis this is yellow. In this specimen it's clearly yellow. In addition, you can vaguely see a dark macula halfway the anterior part of the wing. Such a macula is never present in V. zonaria, but you'll find it in V. inanis. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 10-09-2010 12:06
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Yeah, I did rather wonder about the shading on the wing ... and this one doesn't seem to have any noticeable change in yellow colour between tergites 1+2 and the rest.
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Andre |
Posted on 10-09-2010 13:06
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Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
All true! I quit ID'ing from pics $##%!^****$#@@#!!@!  |
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| PeterD |
Posted on 10-09-2010 13:27
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Member Location: Portsmouth UK Posts: 297 Joined: 08.11.09 |
Thank you all for this very interesting debate. I have seen a number of V. inanis this summer and in particular in the last month. When I saw this one I thought it a little odd in its basic colouration. Although I am aware of the number of Volucella species in the UK I did think this one was worth posting with what I considered the closest ID. Trying to ID from photographs can be challenging so I appreciate help when I am not sure.
Kind regards Peter www.imageinuk.com |
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