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 Cheilosia or the like?
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| Sundew |
Posted on 04-04-2008 22:27
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Hi, Here is another sunbathing syrphid from our arboretum, this time sitting on a Rhododendron leaf together with a small specimen of probably Pollenia. Could it belong to Cheilosia? Thanks, Sundew Sundew attached the following image:  [190.16Kb] |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 05-04-2008 06:43
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Scutellum is yellowish so I'd expect somewhere in Syrphini, not Cheilosia.
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| Andre |
Posted on 07-04-2008 10:22
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 Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
Looking at the dusting of the scutum, the pronounced nose... I think it's a very dark E. balteatus. But the light is really really bad, sorry. |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 07-04-2008 13:12
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Well, we have longed for a bright spring sun to shine, but its result is bad photos... I have my doubts as to E. balteatus regarding habit and shape of abdomen, but who knows - thanks for trying an ID in any case! Sundew |
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| Andre |
Posted on 07-04-2008 14:29
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Shape of abdomen is strange, yes. Could be an intersexe...? |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 07-04-2008 19:05
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Aye, frons appears to be narrow, too
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