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| oceanlis2000 |
Posted on 25-07-2016 16:34
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Member Location: Wales, UK Posts: 570 Joined: 15.06.10 |
Hello I would be grateful if someone can help out with this hoverfly ID Thank you oceanlis2000 attached the following image:  [66.23Kb] Dr Elisabeth A. Harris @FloraConsUK |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 25-07-2016 20:35
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3916 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Yellow antennae and not modified front legs make it Melanostoma, but males of M. mellinum and M. scalare are difficult to separate. The lenght : width ratio of abdominal segments 2 and 3 is decisive but not visible in this lateral shot. http://www.nature...d-hoverfly points to the largely yellow antennae in M. scalare, but I cannot estimate the reliability of this character... Regards, Sundew |
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