Posted by sbushes on 03-06-2023 08:29
#1
Reykjavik, Iceland
May 31st 2023
Eupeodes lundbecki I think?
Further images from this observation here:
https://www.inatu.../165083400
See comments here about another superficially similar syrphid which was confirmed by National Institute here as Icelandic E.lundbecki :
https://www.inatu...s/19667946
...
Edited by sbushes on 03-06-2023 08:41
Posted by sbushes on 08-06-2023 20:29
#5
this conforms to key here fwiw :
https://web.archive.org/web/20040307120801/http://home.hccnet.nl/mp.van.veen/KEYS/Eupeodes/eupesleu.html
- eye angle 120 degrees
- frons swollen with dense black hair on top
however, the key does not include all Icelandic species of
Eupeodes :
there is
-punctifer
-borealis
-nigroventris
still to rule out
Edited by sbushes on 08-06-2023 20:31