Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3890 Joined: 28.07.07
It resembles a female Tenthredo amoena (obviously, the males have differently coloured hindlegs). The striping of the abdomen is said to be very variable. Compare the many pictures in the gallery under www.rutkies.de/tenthredo/index.html
or have a look at
www.insektenbox.de/hautfl/tenamo.htm
Some flies preserved in ethanol and then pinned often get the eyes sunken, how can this be avoided? Best answer: I usually keep alcohol-collected material in alcohol
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