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 Small hoverfly with elongated body
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| eguzki |
Posted on 13-10-2006 15:55
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 Member Location: Perkáta, Hungary Posts: 1140 Joined: 12.10.06 |
This is a Sphaerophoria sp or not? Can anybody confirm my opinion?
eguzki attached the following image:  [60.27Kb] |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 13-10-2006 17:11
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7301 Joined: 19.11.04 |
I'm fairly sure this is just a strange colour variety of Sphaerophoria scripta
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| eguzki |
Posted on 13-10-2006 18:21
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Member Location: Perkáta, Hungary Posts: 1140 Joined: 12.10.06 |
Tony Irwin wrote: I'm fairly sure this is just a strange colour variety of Sphaerophoria scripta Thank you Tony! I have got another picture shows either the same or very similar sp. According to me it is also an Sphaerophoria scripta. What do you think about it? eguzki attached the following image:  [109.15Kb] |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 13-10-2006 19:46
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
The first image shows a male, the second image shows a female. The male is rather typical for Hungary. |
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| Gordon Jar |
Posted on 14-10-2006 17:41
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Member Location: East Sussex, England Posts: 209 Joined: 09.10.05 |
Tony Irwin wrote: I'm fairly sure this is just a strange colour variety of Sphaerophoria scripta This colour variety does seem quite common in my small area of South East England. Would that be unusual for Britain. Regards Gordon |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 14-10-2006 18:06
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7301 Joined: 19.11.04 |
I'm not sure. Certainly all the ones I see here in Norfolk are fairly typical - the orange of the abdomen in the picture above is normally dark brown (black)
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