Thread subject: Diptera.info :: 3 ID requests from Israel (Bombyliidae, Empididae, Syrphidae)
Posted by Gideon on 29-03-2012 21:49
#1
Taken in northern Israel in a Mediterranean region, in March-April.
Thank you in advance.
Posted by Gideon on 29-03-2012 21:53
#2
2
Posted by Gideon on 29-03-2012 21:56
#3
2a
Posted by Gideon on 29-03-2012 21:57
#4
3
Posted by mossnisse on 30-03-2012 08:06
#5
1. Bombylidae, Bombylius, Systechus or similar genera
2. Empididae, Empis sp.
3. Syrphidae, Maybe Eristalis
Posted by ChrisR on 30-03-2012 09:06
#6
Welcome to the forum Gideon :) I am sure that more people will be along to help with the IDs ... but for the future it is better to post different flies in different threads because it gets confusing to readers sometimes when they are all mixed up ;)
Posted by Gideon on 30-03-2012 11:47
#7
Thanks guys (-:
Posted by Gideon on 30-03-2012 11:49
#8
BTW if photos of specific body parts (wing venation etc.) can help, please tell me.
Posted by mossnisse on 30-03-2012 12:14
#9
Wing venation and pattern are necessary for the identification of the Bombylid, but usually they hover and don’t hold the wing still.
Posted by Gideon on 30-03-2012 12:32
#10
Right, I don't have it for this one.
Posted by ChrisR on 30-03-2012 19:21
#11
In general if you have photos from different angles then it helps ... that's another good reason to have 1 fly per thread, so that you can have lots of photos of the fly in there and show as much as possible :)
Posted by Paul Beuk on 31-03-2012 12:56
#12
Just wondering if the hoverfly might be a
Merodon...
And for convenience sake, please, just one species in a thread, as per Code of Conduct?
Posted by Menno Reemer on 31-03-2012 16:55
#13
Paul is right, the syrphids belong to Merodon.
Interesting picture, with the male apparently in mating position while hovering, holding the female and its genitalia folded out!