Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Brachypalpus laphriformis female

Posted by Nikolay_D on 20-09-2021 15:49
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Hi,
Please, help me with the identification of this hoverfly. It was collected on the sunlit trunk of Betula in the evening. When disturbed, it started to fly around the trunk imitating the flight partten of a solitary bee.

Specimen data: May, 30, 2021, Russia, Moscow, edge of a mixed forest.

Body length: 11mm. Wingspan: 20mm.

i.imgur.com/Ln16KQY.jpg

Edited by Nikolay_D on 21-09-2021 07:00