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> Corsican Syrphid - Ceriana vespifomis
nick upton
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Posted on 07-06-2010 09:26
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Can anyone help to ID this Conopid, maybe a Conops sp.??

c 8mm 4th June 2010 on Umbel flowers, by mountain stream , 500m in Corsica
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Not a Conopid, but a syrphid!
Ceriana vespiformis male!
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OK many thanks. I thought is was a hover at the time, but the odd antennae threw me when I looked at the pics.
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