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 Balloon belly Syrphid :-)
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 26-08-2007 19:03
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14358 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello! I have posted these photos already in my forum, but got no reply yet, so I try it here, too. These only 3-4 mm long Syrphids (?) were visiting Angelica sylvestris flowers in the forest two days ago (Ostwestfalen/Germany). Seem to be more than full with eggs  . Could it be Sphegina sp.? Thanks in advance!Here the original post (in German) with more pics: http://insektenfo...eadid=9960 Juergen Peters attached the following image:  [44.48Kb] Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 26-08-2007 19:03
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14358 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Another one.
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 26-08-2007 19:04
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14358 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Picture 3.
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| cosmln |
Posted on 26-08-2007 19:14
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 Member Location: Romania Posts: 956 Joined: 18.03.07 |
hi, i think is something close to Sphegina, or even Sphegina. maybe this helps you, cosmln Cosmin-Ovidiu Manci biology & photography ********************** http://cosmln.nature4stock.com - cosmln's place http://dragonfly.nature4stock.com - Dragonflies of Romania http://insects.nature4stock.com - just insects http://mybiosis.org/nature/portal.php?pagename=firstpage - a romanian flora & fauna database and not only ********************** DSLR Collecting Saves Lives! ********************** " Only after the last tree has been cut down, only after the last river has been poisoned, only after the last fish has been caught, only then will you find that money can not be eaten. " an old indian saying |
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| Gerard Pennards |
Posted on 26-08-2007 20:52
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 Member Location: Amersfoort Posts: 1914 Joined: 07.06.04 |
Yes, indeed it is a female Sphegina, and it's very difficult to get it to species level. My GUESS would be a female Sphegina siberica, but that's just a guess! greetings, Greetings, Gerard Pennards |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 26-08-2007 20:58
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14358 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Cosmin and Gerard! Gerard Pennards wrote: Yes, indeed it is a female Sphegina, and it's very difficult to get it to species level. My GUESS would be a female Sphegina siberica, but that's just a guess! Thank you very much! I had already read that the genus Sphegina is a difficult one. But genus level is ok, it's again a new one for me  .
Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| cosmln |
Posted on 26-08-2007 21:04
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Member Location: Romania Posts: 956 Joined: 18.03.07 |
Welcome, here in romania in montane area me and amalia_raluca have found Sphegina very frequent on Stachys sylvatica. she collected some, i made some photos so maybe some will come in the gallery with ID. cosmln |
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