Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Pipiza or Pipizella? (26.05.23) --> Pipiza cf. noctiluca

Posted by Juergen Peters on 29-05-2023 22:13
#1

Hello,

a 6-7 mm Syrphid in our (abandoned) garden (northwest Germany).

Edited by Juergen Peters on 29-05-2023 22:46

Posted by Juergen Peters on 29-05-2023 22:13
#2

Pic #2

Posted by Juergen Peters on 29-05-2023 22:13
#3

Pic #3

Posted by Karsten Thomsen on 29-05-2023 22:43
#4

Not Pipizella; the veins near the tip of the wings meet in a steep angle, not 90 degrees like in Pipizella. Maybe P. nocticula, my guess.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 29-05-2023 22:46
#5

Thanks a lot, Karsten!