Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Hover fly for ID
Posted by PeterD on 06-04-2011 18:03
#1
Can anyone help with this ID please.
http://www.imagei...8kYw-L.jpg
Seen 6 April 2011 at Widley, Hants, UK
Thank you
Posted by Andre on 06-04-2011 18:33
#2
An over-flashed
Meliscaeva auricollis male ;)
Posted by PeterD on 06-04-2011 19:32
#3
Andre wrote:
An over-flashed Meliscaeva auricollis male ;)
Thanks Andre for the ID also for the comment on the flash setting I have used. Its just the start of the season so I had better get used to using the Macro kit again!:o
Posted by Menno Reemer on 06-04-2011 21:06
#4
Despite suboptimal lighting conditions I favour
Melanostoma scalare...
Posted by Paul Beuk on 07-04-2011 07:53
#5
With the scutellum having the same colour as the mesonotum I dare say that sounds plausible.
Posted by PeterD on 07-04-2011 09:43
#6
Thank you all. I shall settle for Melanostoma scalare. A much more common hoverfly here.