Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Black and white Syrphid from 23.08.15: Melangyna umbellatarum? --> confirmed

Posted by Juergen Peters on 24-08-2015 16:49
#1
Hello,

most Melangyna species I know from (often very early) spring, but this female visited a Heracleum flower on a meadow near a small creek yesterday (northwest Germany).
Edited by Juergen Peters on 29-08-2015 11:09

Posted by Juergen Peters on 24-08-2015 16:49
#2
Pic #2

Posted by Lukasz Mielczarek on 29-08-2015 09:05
#3
Yes, it is M. umbellatarum.
Łukasz

Posted by Juergen Peters on 29-08-2015 10:37
#4
Lukasz Mielczarek wrote:
Yes, it is M. umbellatarum.


Many thanks, Lukasz! It's a new species for me.