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 Syrphus ribesii ♀ << Syrphus sp. ? ID
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| BartNap |
Posted on 30-09-2020 14:10
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Member Location: Poznan, Poland Posts: 911 Joined: 27.09.20 |
Hello, I'd like to ask for help in identifying this hoverfly. The closest I could get is probably Syrphus sp.? The picture was taken in my backyard, 15th of September 2020, around Poznan, Northwest Poland. BartNap attached the following image:  [190.15Kb] Edited by BartNap on 08-10-2020 14:26 |
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| eklans |
Posted on 30-09-2020 14:41
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 4372 Joined: 11.11.18 |
Hi, I'm quite confident, it's a female S. ribesii. To be absolutely sure, you'd need a lateral shot showing femur 3, which should be completely yellow. Similar, but shorter is S. vitripennis with femur 3 nearly completely black. Eric |
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| BartNap |
Posted on 30-09-2020 15:12
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Member Location: Poznan, Poland Posts: 911 Joined: 27.09.20 |
Thank you Eric! I checked out more pictures (and what is a femur) and this is what I found. The legs (the femur is a part of the leg, right?) are a little bit more visible up here. It looks completely yellow to me. What do you think?
BartNap attached the following image:  [181.62Kb] |
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| eklans |
Posted on 30-09-2020 15:54
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 4372 Joined: 11.11.18 |
Hi Bart, the legs consist of: coxa = hip femur = thigh tibia = shin tarsus = foot Through the wing we can see enough yellow of the left femur 3 to say it's ribesii. Eric |
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| BartNap |
Posted on 01-10-2020 07:58
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Member Location: Poznan, Poland Posts: 911 Joined: 27.09.20 |
Awesome, thank you Erick for sharing your knowledge with me! Cheers |
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