Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Happy couple of Syrphids

Posted by pierred on 06-08-2007 15:43
#1

Hello,

Still in Savoy (France), mid-july, 1750 m above sea level:
www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos22/big/20d75194b.jpg
Pierre Duhem : France : 18/7/2007 : Bessans : 73480
altitude : 1750 m - taille : 10-12 mm
ref=22655

Another photo:
www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos22/big/20d75212b.jpg
Pierre Duhem : France : 18/7/2007 : Bessans : 73480
altitude : 1750 m - taille : 10-12 mm
ref=22656

Female alone afterwards:
www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos22/big/20d75223b.jpg
Pierre Duhem : France : 18/7/2007 : Bessans : 73480
altitude : 1750 m - taille : 10-12 mm
ref=22657

I had strictly no idea about the genus or the species.

St?phane Lebrun keyed it out to Merodon avidus.