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 Sphaerophoria species?
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| nomad |
Posted on 27-07-2016 21:27
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Is this a Sphaerophoria species. England, Wiltshire, Swindon, grassy meadow. July 25 2016. |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 27-07-2016 23:34
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3917 Joined: 28.07.07 |
A male Sphaerophoria indeed. To get a safe species identification, genital characteristics have to be studied. If the abdomen would be distinctly longer than the folded wings, S. scripta would be the best guess, but the picture isn't unambiguous... |
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| ValerioW |
Posted on 28-07-2016 06:36
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 Member Location: Padova - Italy Posts: 982 Joined: 01.06.12 |
S. scripta |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 28-07-2016 11:13
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3917 Joined: 28.07.07 |
The wings seem to exceed the abdomen indeed, but with one pic I would not go further than C. cf. scripta, as S. batava and S. taeniata are rather similar (compare http://flickrhive...ria,steven).
Edited by Sundew on 28-07-2016 11:13 |
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| nomad |
Posted on 28-07-2016 14:18
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Many thanks for the help with the identification of this species regards Peter. |
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| ValerioW |
Posted on 28-07-2016 16:06
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Member Location: Padova - Italy Posts: 982 Joined: 01.06.12 |
Sundew wrote: The wings seem to exceed the abdomen indeed, but with one pic I would not go further than C. cf. scripta, as S. batava and S. taeniata are rather similar (compare http://flickrhive...ria,steven). I see your point of view, and I respect it. But wings are really shorter than abdomen Edited by ValerioW on 28-07-2016 16:08 |
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