Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Spaerophoria?

Posted by lynkos on 18-12-2005 19:20
#1

I know the angle is pretty terrible for identification purposes, but could these be Spaerophoria sp.?

www.naturamediterraneo.com/Public/data2/lynkos/OSHB05-C30-F.jpg_20051218191349_OSHB05-C30-F.jpg

www.naturamediterraneo.com/Public/data2/lynkos/Spaerophoria_scripta_OSHB05-C06-F.jpg_20051218191420_Spaerophoria_scripta_OSHB05-C06-F.jpg

Thanks, Sarah

Posted by Paul Beuk on 18-12-2005 22:05
#2

Yes, a female Sphaerophoria.

Posted by lynkos on 19-12-2005 06:57
#3

Thanks Paul, Sarah

Posted by John Smit on 19-12-2005 09:55
#4

Dear Sarah,

I think it is Sphaerophoria shirchan, the yellow stripe at the side of the thorax only in the first halve, and the face with a median black stripe.

John

Posted by lynkos on 19-12-2005 19:48
#5

Thanks to you too John, Sarah