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 Hover fly for ID
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| PeterD |
Posted on 06-04-2011 17:03
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Member Location: Portsmouth UK Posts: 297 Joined: 08.11.09 |
Can anyone help with this ID please. http://www.imagei...8kYw-L.jpg Seen 6 April 2011 at Widley, Hants, UK Thank you Kind regards Peter www.imageinuk.com |
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| Andre |
Posted on 06-04-2011 17:33
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 Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
An over-flashed Meliscaeva auricollis male  |
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| PeterD |
Posted on 06-04-2011 18:32
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Member Location: Portsmouth UK Posts: 297 Joined: 08.11.09 |
Andre wrote: An over-flashed Meliscaeva auricollis male ;) Thanks Andre for the ID also for the comment on the flash setting I have used. Its just the start of the season so I had better get used to using the Macro kit again!:o Kind regards Peter www.imageinuk.com |
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| Menno Reemer |
Posted on 06-04-2011 20:06
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Member Location: Posts: 343 Joined: 10.06.04 |
Despite suboptimal lighting conditions I favour Melanostoma scalare... |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 07-04-2011 06:53
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
With the scutellum having the same colour as the mesonotum I dare say that sounds plausible.
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| PeterD |
Posted on 07-04-2011 08:43
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Member Location: Portsmouth UK Posts: 297 Joined: 08.11.09 |
Thank you all. I shall settle for Melanostoma scalare. A much more common hoverfly here.
Kind regards Peter www.imageinuk.com |
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