Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Syrphidae, May 2008, Hungary

Posted by Xespok on 26-03-2009 12:43
#1

I am pretty sure I have seen this species before, but it does not ring a bell now.

Posted by Xespok on 26-03-2009 12:44
#2

Another view.

Posted by neprisikiski on 26-03-2009 14:43
#3

probably Syrphus ribesii, Syrphidae

Posted by Andre on 26-03-2009 22:44
#4

Male torvus, I'd say, hairy eyes? difficult to see ...
taken early this year?
Please also mention date and location of your pics dear :)

Posted by Andre on 26-03-2009 22:45
#5

neprisikiskiakopustlapiaudamas wrote:
probably Syrphus ribesii, Syrphidae



Whát's your name?? Very peculiar :D

Edited by Andre on 26-03-2009 22:45

Posted by neprisikiski on 26-03-2009 23:35
#6

Well, its because of a white background I couldnt see any hairlets. What about flying activity of ribesii and vitripennis? In some literature it is given, that ribesii on wings later than other species, but in my collected specimens ribesii from the very spring, while vitripennis starts from summer, if I didnt confuse my old remarks?
Erikas

Posted by Xespok on 27-03-2009 17:32
#7

I think the eyes are not hairy. They are just dusted. Becasue this fly was quite large, it may indeed be ribesi, a species that I do not see often. Somehow the abdomenal pattern seemed strange for a male ribesi.