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 Syrphidae 26.08.06
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 27-08-2006 11:05
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 Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3346 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Gorgeous creature of 17mm in size, and it buzzes just like a wasp. On flowers of Solidago canadensis. A quick search in our Gallery and Wolfgang Rutkies site gave me nothing like that... Dmitry Gavryushin attached the following image:  [113.32Kb] |
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 27-08-2006 11:06
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Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3346 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Well I forgot to place it in Syrphidae forum... The head. Dmitry Gavryushin attached the following image:  [104.91Kb] |
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| Gerard Pennards |
Posted on 27-08-2006 11:45
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 Member Location: Amersfoort Posts: 1914 Joined: 07.06.04 |
Hello Black, Great find and great pictures!  This is a female of the syrphid Spilomyia diophthalma! This genus hasb a few species in Europe, but one doesn't find them very often. Greetings, Greetings, Gerard Pennards |
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 27-08-2006 18:51
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Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3346 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Thanks a lot for your ID and compliment Gerard. So I was right when I felt it's something worth collecting  .By the way, it was an incredible day for collecting Syrphidae yesterday, maybe a bit too windy but warm and sunny, and all of them buzzing over flowers. There were more interesting wasp-like hoverflies, but I missed them somehow focusing mostly on Tachinidae (and chasing shy Red Admirals, Vanessa atalanta). |
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