Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Strange "checkerboard" Syrphid
Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-05-2008 22:14
#1
Hello!
I found this 8-9 mm Syrphid today at a hedge (northwest Germany). Looks like a
Blera fallax with mixed up abdomen colours... :)
Larger picture:
http://www.foto-u...llax_4.jpg
Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-05-2008 22:14
#2
Second picture.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-05-2008 22:15
#3
Third picture.
Posted by Gerard Pennards on 12-05-2008 22:28
#4
Yep, female Blera fallax.
This sometimes happens, there are several types of morfological abberations which are the most clear in distinct colored species.
Dit you find this species in the Teutoburger Wald?
Greetings,
Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-05-2008 23:16
#5
Hello, Gerard!
Gerard Pennards wrote:
Yep, female Blera fallax.
Thanks!
Dit you find this species in the Teutoburger Wald?
You may call it so, but the hills here (max. 260 m, fly found at about 170-180 m) are only the last foothills.