Thread subject: Diptera.info :: ID Callicera?

Posted by achim on 21-09-2009 13:34
#1

Location: Obersulm, Germany (Wuerttemberg), ivy on the roof of a garage, 19. September
approx. 15mm (didn't try to catch it), spent more than an hour collecting nectar

Posted by lagura on 21-09-2009 14:32
#2

Looks like C. spinolae.

Posted by achim on 22-09-2009 23:24
#3

Thank you :)

Posted by Andre on 22-09-2009 23:27
#4

glücksvogel! :)

Posted by achim on 23-09-2009 14:56
#5

Beginner's luck.

The spot seems to be quite popular, this little lady showed up two hours ago. Together with the two males I saw on Saturday, it is probably enough to call it a good year. :)

Posted by achim on 23-09-2009 15:15
#6

BTW, the first one I saw through the view-finder of my camera was a female that appeared in the background when I was taking some pictures of a Volucella zonaria last Friday. One of the males was there on Monday and Tuesday, (not as cooperative as on Saturday).

Posted by Andre on 24-09-2009 09:14
#7

Well, can't have it all Achim.. lucky for them you don't collect them ;)