Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Hypoderma bovis?
Posted by miked on 23-01-2008 16:05
#1
is this a warble-fly. cheam, london, uk seems a very unlikely situation to find one.
Edited by miked on 29-01-2008 19:23
Posted by Zeegers on 23-01-2008 19:40
#2
It isn't
It a Syrphid: Merodon (equestris, I guess)
Theo
Posted by Andre on 23-01-2008 20:46
#3
Very strange picture... flash? Photoshop?
Do you have some from other angles?
Posted by miked on 23-01-2008 22:46
#4
not photoshop just flash
Posted by Tony Irwin on 26-01-2008 23:53
#5
When was the photo taken? - it looks to be freshly emerged.
Posted by miked on 28-01-2008 14:15
#6
10am 29 May
Posted by Tony Irwin on 28-01-2008 19:58
#7
Thanks - just checking it wasn't a January specimen!
Posted by amalia_raluca on 29-01-2008 09:47
#8
Could it be
M. equestris f. validus?
Amalia
Posted by Zeegers on 29-01-2008 18:43
#9
I'm not sure why the title has been changed, it is NOT a Hypoderma and I do believe it is a Merodon.
Theo
Posted by miked on 29-01-2008 19:22
#10
sorry about that I was trying to reflect the fact that I had got the identity wrong in the first place and to change it to the correct name. will remove my change