Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Syrphus torvus/Syrphus vitripennis?

Posted by Heiko Nier on 16-03-2025 16:48
#1

Hello,

Found in a wooded area on April 23, 2024, in Hesse, Germany.

It is more likely Syrphus vitripennis.

Posted by Heiko Nier on 16-03-2025 16:52
#2

Heiko Nier wrote:
Hello,

Found in a wooded area on April 23, 2024, in Hesse, Germany.

It is more likely Syrphus vitripennis.

Posted by Heiko Nier on 16-03-2025 16:52
#3

Heiko Nier wrote:
Heiko Nier wrote:
Hello,

Found in a wooded area on April 23, 2024, in Hesse, Germany.

It is more likely Syrphus vitripennis.

Posted by Heiko Nier on 16-03-2025 16:53
#4

Heiko Nier wrote:
Heiko Nier wrote:
Heiko Nier wrote:
Hello,

Found in a wooded area on April 23, 2024, in Hesse, Germany.

It is more likely Syrphus vitripennis.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 17-03-2025 01:20
#5

Heiko Nier wrote:
It is more likely Syrphus vitripennis.

Most likely Syrphus ribesii. It is unlikely to find S. vitripennis so early in the season. It is mainly a summer openland species.

Edited by Juergen Peters on 17-03-2025 01:21

Posted by Karsten Thomsen on 18-04-2025 20:49
#6

I'd definitely say S. ribesii (about one third of hind femur yellow).