Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Syrphidae, with thickened hind leg, ID?

Posted by brigitteu on 10-07-2009 17:26
#1
Never saw a hoverfly with this "thickened" hind leg . .


Size: about 10 mm
Date: 10. July 2009
Location: Switzerland, on Oregano-Flower (near Zürichsee)

Could you give me a name?

Regards, Brigitte
Edited by brigitteu on 10-07-2009 17:26

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 10-07-2009 17:27
#2
Syritta pipiens?

Posted by caliprobola on 10-07-2009 17:27
#3
Syritta pipiens male

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 10-07-2009 17:28
#4
LOOL at the same time :D

Posted by brigitteu on 10-07-2009 17:29
#5
Thanks :-)
Answers are faster then I could send the second picture :-)

I have another too, will come soon

Regards, Brigitte

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 10-07-2009 17:30
#6
:D and believe... there are some threads where the answer was even faster than this. :D