Thread subject: Diptera.info :: ID, Syrphidae-2?

Posted by Juergen G on 26-07-2013 21:47
#1

Who can help to identify this?
Location: Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Garden in Krefeld
Date: 24.07.2013
Thanks.

Jürgen

Posted by Juergen G on 26-07-2013 21:47
#2

The second image of the same.

Posted by Sundew on 26-07-2013 23:49
#3

Female Cheilosia - a difficult genus. However, this one should be Ch. caerulescens, as it is obviously busy with ovipositing on Sempervivum tectorum; the larvae feed in the leaves and may destroy them. Compare http://diptera.in...d_id=14981 and http://www.semper...node/27857.
Regards, Sundew

Edited by Sundew on 26-07-2013 23:51

Posted by Juergen G on 27-07-2013 06:52
#4

Thanks Jürgen