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| Bob |
Posted on 18-08-2018 19:06
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Member Location: Juneau, Alaska Posts: 56 Joined: 18.06.12 |
I have been looking at what visits the orchid Spiranthes romanzoffiana that is now blooming in Juneau, Alaska on August 18. It is our latest blooming orchid and is being visited by male bumblebees. Of interest is a Syrphidae bumble bee mimic is also visiting the flowers. I would like to know the lowest taxonomic level of this fly. It looks like Volucella bombylans to me.
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| ecology |
Posted on 18-08-2018 19:45
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Member Location: Posts: 212 Joined: 23.09.17 |
No Volucella. Maybe Eristalis intricaria |
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| Gerard Pennards |
Posted on 19-08-2018 21:36
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 Member Location: Amersfoort Posts: 1914 Joined: 07.06.04 |
Female Eristalis anthophorina I'd say....
Greetings, Gerard Pennards |
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| Bob |
Posted on 27-08-2018 18:01
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Member Location: Juneau, Alaska Posts: 56 Joined: 18.06.12 |
Thanks so much Gerard. Apparently there are several records for Eristalis anthophorina in Alaska. Bob Robert H. Armstrong |
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