Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Volucella sp.

Posted by Del on 12-06-2009 14:55
#1
Portugal, huge syrphid! What can be said?

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Posted by dipdip on 12-06-2009 20:51
#2
It is Volucella zonaria (sternit 2 is black).
Greetings Maja

Posted by Andre on 30-06-2009 21:19
#3
Hi Del!
Well, also there is no black 'cloud' in the wing near the stigma. In that case, it would be V. elegans, a very nice Iberian species.