Posted by Michael Becker on 15-02-2011 06:35
#1
Hello,
this photo is from last july from the alps in Switzerland from about 1500m height. Because of the wings I even can't guess the family. Muscidae? Syrphidae perhaps?
Can anything be said about this fly? Length was about 9mm.
Thanks,
Michael
Edited by Michael Becker on 16-02-2011 05:19
Posted by Menno Reemer on 15-02-2011 08:46
#3
It's a
Cheilosia, but not
variabilis. In that species the hairs on the tergites are all pale, whereas in this specimen they are partly black. There are several black-legged species in the Alps, I don't know which one this is...