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Empis pennipes male and female?
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Posted on 27-05-2010 11:21
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 Hi,
The flowers of Geranium pyrenaicum are intensively visited by Empis flies at the moment. Should be E. pennipes, I reckon. Am I right?
Many thanks, Sundew
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 Hi,

I had never seen that the female had feathers on middle legs !! Congrats for the picture.
Pierre Duhem
 
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 You haven`t seen that? So you're not familiar with our gallery Grin. - The pictures were easy to shoot, as the females were swarming on the Geranium flowers. Males were much rarer.
Regards, Sundew
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 Would be fine if Paul confirmed me the male. The female should be E. pennipes for sure.
 
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 Confiremd. It is one of the few species that seems to favour Geranium flowers...
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