Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sphaerophoria sp. identification, Sussex Uk

Posted by Jan-Paul Charteris on 04-08-2011 15:23
#1

Can this be identified to species, or just to Sphaerophoria sp. from the photo?

Posted by Jan-Paul Charteris on 04-08-2011 15:25
#2

Another photo attached

Posted by tristram on 04-08-2011 18:46
#3

The only time you can reliably identify a female UK Sphaerophoria from photos is if you catch it mating with a male S. scripta.

Posted by Jan-Paul Charteris on 04-08-2011 19:08
#4

tristram wrote:
The only time you can reliably identify a female UK Sphaerophoria from photos is if you catch it mating with a male S. scripta.


Ah ok! Didn't know that! Thanks for the reply