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 Melangyna? (10.04.09)
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 16-04-2009 21:27
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14130 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello! Many (*) hover flies here (northwest Germany) in the last days (sunny, 20-26 °C) at flowering sloe hedges and elsewhere. This one is already from April-10. Could it be a Melangyna sp.? Size about 8 mm. (*): - Cheilosia sp. (6-7 mm small, black) - Cheilosia cf. orthotricha (12-14 mm) - Episyrphus balteatus - Eristalis interrupta - Eristalis pertinax - Helophilus pendulus - Melanostoma scalare - Melangyna sp. (?) - Myatropa florea (unsure; at forest, could be a fast flying Brachypalpus) - Platycheirus albimanus - Xanthogramma citrofasciata Juergen Peters attached the following image:  [29.87Kb] Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 16-04-2009 21:27
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14130 Joined: 11.09.04 |
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Juergen Peters attached the following image:  [25.44Kb] Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 16-04-2009 21:28
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14130 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Pic #3
Juergen Peters attached the following image:  [17.95Kb] Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| blowave |
Posted on 16-04-2009 22:00
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 Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Hi Juergen, I got pics on the 3rd of one which looks like this, I think it's Parasyrphus punctulatus. Janet  |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 17-04-2009 00:37
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14130 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Janet! blowave wrote: I got pics on the 3rd of one which looks like this, I think it's Parasyrphus punctulatus. Interesting, thanks! I did not take Parasyrphus into account, because I never had found one this early. But the pics in the gallery do look very like it! Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Andre |
Posted on 17-04-2009 10:54
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 Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
It is an early species, starting in april and flying untill june. |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 17-04-2009 16:15
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14130 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, André! Andre wrote: It is an early species, starting in april and flying untill june. Yes, I have searched my archives now and found, that my earliest finds were April-14, 2007, and April-17, 2008. So it was only a few days earlier this year. It a new "record", though... 
Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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