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 A syrphid Volucella sp.
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| lweit |
Posted on 11-07-2006 18:53
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Member Location: France, Département de la Moselle Posts: 609 Joined: 23.12.05 |
Hello A syrphid on a flower in a wood, i know it's Volucella pellucens The photo is taken in NE of France near Metz Bye Louis lweit attached the following image:  [136.66Kb] |
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| lweit |
Posted on 11-07-2006 18:54
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Member Location: France, Département de la Moselle Posts: 609 Joined: 23.12.05 |
Another photo of this fly A+ Louis lweit attached the following image:  [103.12Kb] Edited by lweit on 11-07-2006 18:55 |
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| conopid |
Posted on 11-07-2006 21:34
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 Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
Volucella pellucens - unmistakeable very large fly with white belted abdomen and orangey-brown face.
Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 12-07-2006 12:44
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 Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
I think it would be possible to mix up V pellucens and Leucozona lucorum if you were a beginner. 'Pellucens' means translucent, so this is the 'see-through hoverfly'  I've had them in unusually high numbers this year, males patrolling at about 2m in groups in the sunny glades of the abandoned garden next door. Susan |
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