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| lagura |
Posted on 22-04-2009 19:43
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 Member Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posts: 1241 Joined: 24.10.08 |
My first Syrphidae (photographed) this year. I only managed to get this one photo. Size: ~6mm Date: 12 April 2009 Location: Wooden railing around a pond (Helsingborg, Sweden) Thank you! lagura attached the following image:  [148.07Kb]  |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 22-04-2009 20:44
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14370 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hi! Both of your flies (#1 and #2) should be Eupeodes corollae females. Edit: Or #2 possibly a male (can't see the distance between the eyes very well). Edited by Juergen Peters on 22-04-2009 20:46 Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| lagura |
Posted on 25-04-2009 22:45
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Member Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posts: 1241 Joined: 24.10.08 |
Hi Juergen. I really shouldn't argue with you as you know more about this than I do, but... I'm sure you're right in both #1 and # being Eupeodes, but I don't think it's corollae. Judging from the photos in the gallery these looks mor like E. lapponicus. Btw #2 really is a male. I got a glimpse of him from the front before he took off. |
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| dipdip |
Posted on 26-04-2009 19:27
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 Member Location: Thunersee Switzerland Posts: 360 Joined: 17.12.05 |
Hi it is not E. lapponicus - look at the wing: venation. Could it be Melangyna lasiophthalma female and male? Maja dipdip attached the following image:  [177.59Kb] Edited by dipdip on 26-04-2009 22:05 |
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| Bastiaan Wakkie |
Posted on 28-04-2009 21:45
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 Member Location: Brussels Posts: 17 Joined: 07.06.04 |
Actually I believe this is an Melangyna specie. The spots are too narrow and to linear to be an Eupeodes. What do you think? Cheers, Regards, Bastiaan www.syrphidae.com |
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| Gerard Pennards |
Posted on 28-04-2009 21:53
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 Member Location: Amersfoort Posts: 1914 Joined: 07.06.04 |
Melangyna lasiopthalma female! Greetings Greetings, Gerard Pennards |
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| lagura |
Posted on 30-04-2009 21:07
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Member Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posts: 1241 Joined: 24.10.08 |
Thank you all very much! 
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