Thread subject: Diptera.info :: A syrphid I've never seen

Posted by lweit on 12-07-2006 17:00
#1

Hello
This day I've taken photos of this syrphid in NE of France, near Metz
He had two horn on the apex of the scutellum

Thank you
Louis

Edited by lweit on 12-07-2006 17:00

Posted by lweit on 12-07-2006 17:01
#2

Another photo of this fly

Posted by lweit on 12-07-2006 17:02
#3

The last photo of this fly

A+
Louis

Posted by lweit on 12-07-2006 17:09
#4

Looking for in my doc, I've found this fly, it is not a syrphid but a Stratiomyidae species : Stratiomys chamaeleon.
Louis

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 12-07-2006 18:26
#5

Good fly, Louis.
Stratiomys itself, Stratiomyidae.
Nikita