Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Early Eristalis intricaria? (07.05.09) --> Mallota fuciformis
Posted by Juergen Peters on 08-05-2009 02:14
#1
Hello!
I find them mostly in late summer, and there were many
Volucella bombylans around here yesterday, so I only have this single photo (noticed that this one is *no*
Volucella only at the PC). It has the "Eristalini" wave, but it does not look like
Merodon equestis. So it must be
Eristalis intricata? Size 10 mm, at a hawthorn hedge, northwest Germany.
Edited by Juergen Peters on 08-05-2009 19:05
Posted by Juergen Peters on 08-05-2009 02:48
#2
Hi!
Found another variant (male) in the (over 500) yesterday photos. So now it should be clear...
Edited by Juergen Peters on 08-05-2009 02:48
Posted by Gerard Pennards on 08-05-2009 08:30
#3
Hey Juergen, congratulations!!!
The second is indeed a male Eristalis intricaria, but not the first! It's a female Mallota fuciformis, excellent find!!!
Always a very rare fly, next time you see it please catch one for me! :D
Greetings,
Gerard
Posted by Juergen Peters on 08-05-2009 19:00
#4
Hello, Gerard!
Gerard Pennards wrote:
Hey Juergen, congratulations!!!
The second is indeed a male Eristalis intricaria, but not the first! It's a female Mallota fuciformis, excellent find!!!
Ah, very interesting, thanks! That genus I did not take into account, because I never found it, yet.