Thread subject: Diptera.info :: One more Muscidae on a flower

Posted by Chris on 19-08-2010 21:39
#1

I first thought this were also be a Phaonia angelicae like the others that were sitting on the flowers - but this one then looked different...

Location: Doernberg near Kassel, Germany, 9°20´26,8" E / 51°21´48,3" N, 500 msm.

thanks

Chris

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 19-08-2010 21:45
#2

Not a Muscid, but a Syrphid : Volucella pellucens.

Posted by Chris on 19-08-2010 21:56
#3

Volucella pellucens - thanks Stephane!

Chris