Thread subject: Diptera.info :: ID?

Posted by mariki on 12-05-2008 21:35
#1

Found in Veldhoven (The Netherlands), today.
Small syrphid fly. It looks like melanostoma, but I hesitate with the white stripes on the abdomen (pollen?)
Thanks in advance.
Mariki

Edited by mariki on 12-05-2008 21:38

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 12-05-2008 22:11
#2

It's a female Melanostoma with fungal infection (fungus is Entomophthora sp.).

Posted by mariki on 13-05-2008 18:08
#3

Thank you Stephane for the explanation.

Mariki