Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Merodon avidus?

Posted by conopid on 07-08-2007 10:07
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Hi Crex,
How are the antenna different? To me they look quite similar. I can check my specimen if this is a useful character for defining the species.

I see that the female is quite a different looking fly to the male. I saw about ten males all patrolling their own small piece of airspace, but no females were present, so presumably the flies I sa were quite freshly emerged.