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 Another hoverfly from Sweden
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| FrankH |
Posted on 06-12-2015 14:57
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Member Location: Posts: 327 Joined: 31.01.11 |
Hello, this overfly is also from Sweden, the photo was taken in August. What species is it? Thanks and best wishes, Frank FrankH attached the following image:  [99.4Kb] Edited by FrankH on 06-12-2015 14:58 |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 06-12-2015 18:12
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3938 Joined: 28.07.07 |
It is a female Eristalis, and this genus is tricky. For a certain identification, we should see the colour of legs and feet, the arrangement of hairs on the eyes (two bands or evenly distributed), and the face (is there a black stripe or not). In your case I dare a guess: the wings are hyaline without dark markings except the small pterostigma, and the latter is rather square, not elongated parallel to the surrounding veins. That points to E. interrupta. The key to Eristalis can be found here: http://web.archiv...stkey.html. Regards, Sundew P.S. The hoverflies have their own Syrphidae forum - post your threads there to meet the experts... Edited by Sundew on 06-12-2015 18:14 |
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| FrankH |
Posted on 09-12-2015 14:04
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Member Location: Posts: 327 Joined: 31.01.11 |
Hello Sundew, thank you very much for your help and for the useful link! Best wishes, Frank |
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