Posted by tristram on 14-01-2012 16:55
#2
Looks to be a fairly typical
pyrastri male.
S. pyrastri: "Blunt lunules reach further forwards at their inner end compared with the outer end. Females rarely with a black abdomen = var
unicolor."
S. silentica: "Comma-like lunules, reaching further forwards at their outer end."
The only other two
Scaeva spp on the UK checklist are
S. albomaculata and
S. mecogramma but these seem to be pretty rare vagrants.
Info from 'British Hoverflies' by Stubbs and Falk.
Edited by tristram on 14-01-2012 16:58
Posted by Benus on 14-01-2012 21:32
#3
Thanks for the ID and info about the book!
Edited by Benus on 23-02-2012 19:10
