Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Merodon equestris or Volucella bombylans?

Posted by Juergen Peters on 05-06-2005 20:56
#1
Hello!

insekteninfos.de/diptera/0306/Merodon_volucella.jpg

This fly picture I took two days ago here in Ostwestfalen/Germany. Is it a dark individual of Merodon equestris (I would say so from the wing venation) or maybe Volucella bombylans? Both species were very abundant here in the last weeks. Most Merodons however were more typically coloured:

http://insektenin...odon_1.jpg
http://insektenin...odon_2.jpg
http://insektenin...odon_3.jpg

Thank you for any hints!

Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-06-2005 06:43
#2
The wing venation is reliable in that respect, this is Merodon equestris.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 06-06-2005 18:25
#3
Hello, Paul!

Paul Beuk wrote:
The wing venation is reliable in that respect, this is Merodon equestris.


Thank you very much!