Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Oplodontha viridula, white version?

Posted by cebe on 13-08-2006 19:54
#1

Is this also an Oplodontha viridula? Most photos on the internet show a very green version...
Seen in Brussels the 23/07/2006 on Angelica sylvestris

www.cebe.be/upload/inventaires/oplodontha_viridula_01.jpg
www.cebe.be/upload/inventaires/oplodontha_viridula_02.jpg

Posted by Paul Beuk on 13-08-2006 20:04
#2

If it is still rather fresh (just emerged) the abdominal green colour will not have fully developed.

Posted by Susan R Walter on 14-08-2006 13:58
#3

The rather milky film effect on the wings might indicate it is fresh too.