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 Volucella
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| davenicholls |
Posted on 26-02-2009 21:54
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Member Location: Leicester, England Posts: 240 Joined: 27.04.07 |
Found in woodland in late June (Leicestershire) Is this V. inflata or pellucens? Tergite 2 seems orange but the scutellum seems black. Many thanks. davenicholls attached the following image:  [39.16Kb] |
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| pierred |
Posted on 27-02-2009 07:45
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 Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1473 Joined: 21.04.05 |
According to Stubbs, this can only be V. pellucens. The pictures in this book are with a black scutellum. My pictures (taken in Alps) are with a yellow scutellum.
Pierre Duhem |
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| davenicholls |
Posted on 27-02-2009 10:22
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Member Location: Leicester, England Posts: 240 Joined: 27.04.07 |
Thanks Pierre. I think you are right. |
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| viktor j nilsson |
Posted on 27-02-2009 16:29
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Member Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Posts: 203 Joined: 25.02.08 |
A similarily rather dark pellucens can be seen here: http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Hoverflies.html scroll down a bit or search for 7 July 2005 |
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