Posted by tim worfolk on 17-08-2009 14:32
#1
This one appears to key to either
bipunctatus or
flavipes, using Stubbs & Drake; abdomen looks blackish (with purple reflections) but hairs on top of thorax don't look black to me (as
flavipes), the legs have too much dark for
bipunctatus, I think. I'd be grateful for an expert opinion.
16/8/2009; Devon, England.
Thanks
Tim
Posted by conopid on 23-08-2009 17:26
#2
Looks like a female, and there is no sign of orange on the abdomen, so that should eliminate S bipunctatus.
Posted by tim worfolk on 23-08-2009 20:08
#3
Thanks Nigel. I'm happiest with
flavipes, it was just that the hairs on the thorax looked a little pale, though I guess that could be due to back-lighting.
Tim