Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Black and white Syrphid from 23.08.15: Melangyna umbellatarum? --> confirmed

Posted by Juergen Peters on 24-08-2015 17:49
#1

Hello,

most Melangyna species I know from (often very early) spring, but this female visited a Heracleum flower on a meadow near a small creek yesterday (northwest Germany).

Edited by Juergen Peters on 29-08-2015 12:09

Posted by Juergen Peters on 24-08-2015 17:49
#2

Pic #2

Posted by Lukasz Mielczarek on 29-08-2015 10:05
#3

Yes, it is M. umbellatarum.
Ɓukasz

Posted by Juergen Peters on 29-08-2015 11:37
#4

Lukasz Mielczarek wrote:
Yes, it is M. umbellatarum.


Many thanks, Lukasz! It's a new species for me.