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"Normal" sized syrphid
Juergen Peters	#1 Posted on 17-08-2005 21:48
Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 13650 Joined: 11.09.04	Hello! This syrphid (also from today, Ostwestfalen/Germany) looks rather similar to that in my last posting, but it had the size of a small Eristalis (somewhat bigger than Syrphus). Any idea? Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=


Gerard Pennards	#2 Posted on 17-08-2005 23:05
Member Location: Amersfoort Posts: 1914 Joined: 07.06.04	Nice picture, in my experience they are not so easy to put on a picture. This is not a Syrphus, but something com[pletely different. In earlier years it was called Megasyrphus annulipes, but nowadays it belongs in the genus Eriozona. This is the female of Eriozona erratica! Very different from the other species in this genus, the Eriozona syrphoides! Look for the differences at my pictures at the French site: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/cyrille.dussaix/Eriozona_syrphoides/E.syrphoides_terrain.html Greetings, Greetings, Gerard Pennards


Juergen Peters	#3 Posted on 18-08-2005 16:14
Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 13650 Joined: 11.09.04	Hello, Gerard! Gerard Pennards wrote: Nice picture, in my experience they are not so easy to put on a picture. This is not a Syrphus, but something com[pletely different. In earlier years it was called Megasyrphus annulipes, but nowadays it belongs in the genus Eriozona. This is the female of Eriozona erratica! Thanks, that was my first guess, too. But I was not sure, because I knew this species also with much more yellow stripes (the male even more, nearly orange): Very different from the other species in this genus, the Eriozona syrphoides! Look for the differences at my pictures at the French site: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/cyrille.dussaix/Eriozona_syrphoides/E.syrphoides_terrain.html That reminds me more of an Eristalis intricaria or male Cheilosia illustrata ;-). Edited by Juergen Peters on 18-08-2005 16:31 Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=