Thread subject: Diptera.info :: [Callicera spinolae] Fly with yellow hairs and a twisted antenna

Posted by pierred on 20-09-2006 18:28
#1
Hello,

Here is what I saw today :
a fly with yellow dense hairs and a twisted antenna with white tip.
I first thought it was a syrphid, but I could not find another one with such antennas.

Thanks in advance for any clues
Edited by pierred on 24-09-2006 17:03

Posted by Paul Beuk on 20-09-2006 19:04
#2
Check this Callicera spinolae: http://www.dipter...oto_id=171.

Posted by pierred on 20-09-2006 20:28
#3
Paul,

Thanks,

I must confess I had never looked in this syrphid genus.

Posted by pierred on 24-09-2006 17:03
#4
Hello,

This afternoon, the male: