Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Volucella
Posted by davenicholls on 26-02-2009 22:54
#1
Found in woodland in late June (Leicestershire)
Is this V. inflata or pellucens? Tergite 2 seems orange but the scutellum seems black. Many thanks.
Posted by pierred on 27-02-2009 08:45
#2
According to Stubbs, this can only be
V. pellucens. The pictures in this book are with a black scutellum. My pictures (taken in Alps) are with a yellow scutellum.
Posted by davenicholls on 27-02-2009 11:22
#3
Thanks Pierre. I think you are right.
Posted by viktor j nilsson on 27-02-2009 17:29
#4
A similarily rather dark pellucens can be seen here: http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Hoverflies.html
scroll down a bit or search for 7 July 2005