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 Another Australian Syrphid (?)
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| Cor Zonneveld |
Posted on 03-11-2007 10:43
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 Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06 |
I'm not fully sure this is a Syrphid, although it certainly is a hovering fly. Actually, I only saw it hovering, and never sitting! Quite annoyingly so, since taking good pictures of hovering flies is not too easy. This is the best I could do. Medium sized, say about 8 mm. Robust build. Thorax looking greenish in flight. Quite common in Melbourne, though not numerous. Mostly seen in sunny patches under trees. Most striking are the lined eyes - a feature I only saw on my photographs...  The other remarkable feauture is the hairy sides of the abdomen, which is not too sirphid-like at all...well, at least in my Eurocentric perception!
Cor Zonneveld attached the following image:  [70.81Kb] Edited by Cor Zonneveld on 03-11-2007 10:45 Thanks for your attention Cor Zonneveld |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 03-11-2007 10:54
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9336 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Hi Cor. This time tropical fly cheat you - it is Calliphoridae  Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 03-11-2007 11:39
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Or Rhinidae.  eheheCalliphoridae > Rhiniinae > Stomorhina sp.  |
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