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 Scaeva sp. - solved S.pyrastri
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| Benus |
Posted on 14-01-2012 13:11
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Member Location: London, UK Posts: 26 Joined: 11.01.12 |
Hello! Could I have some help with this specimen? Can anyone give me some information about the differences between these species?  http://www.flickr...otostream/ - - -  http://www.flickr...otostream/ Edited by Benus on 14-01-2012 22:17 |
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| tristram |
Posted on 14-01-2012 16:55
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1335 Joined: 27.06.10 |
Looks to be a fairly typical pyrastri male. S. pyrastri: "Blunt lunules reach further forwards at their inner end compared with the outer end. Females rarely with a black abdomen = var unicolor." S. silentica: "Comma-like lunules, reaching further forwards at their outer end." The only other two Scaeva spp on the UK checklist are S. albomaculata and S. mecogramma but these seem to be pretty rare vagrants. Info from 'British Hoverflies' by Stubbs and Falk. Edited by tristram on 14-01-2012 16:58 |
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| Benus |
Posted on 14-01-2012 21:32
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Member Location: London, UK Posts: 26 Joined: 11.01.12 |
Thanks for the ID and info about the book!
Edited by Benus on 23-02-2012 19:10 |
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