Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Cheilosia?
Posted by Josef Buecker on 16-02-2008 17:55
#1
Hello Forum,
again a fly from the alder marshland in Hagen (D) 175 m above sea level. This photo I took on June 23rd 2007. The plant in the background is Heracleum sphondyleum.
May be it is
Cheilosia spec.? Is a closer determination possible?
Best wishes
Josef
Posted by Tony Irwin on 16-02-2008 18:00
#2
I'm fairly sure this is
Cheilosia illustrata (someone will tell us if I'm wrong!)
Posted by Andre on 16-02-2008 20:43
#3
You are not wrong :)
Posted by Josef Buecker on 17-02-2008 09:36
#4
Thank you Tony, thank you Andre. There will be some more Cheilosia soon!
Posted by Andre on 17-02-2008 20:43
#5
We would like pictures from three angles: above, side view of the whole body and if possible a closer look at the head from the side (and even then, sometimes we cannot make a certain ID) ;)
Edited by Andre on 17-02-2008 20:44
Posted by Josef Buecker on 17-02-2008 22:10
#6
Hallo Andre,
I will do my best - in the future. The pictures from 2007 all are more or less snapshots. Sometimes better, sometimes worse. And: there is mostly only one picture. Sorry!
For 2008, I learned now by heart and in most cases, I will continue with better and closer pictures from all around the dipteras bodies.
Thank you so far. There are still 3 or 4 Photos of syrphidae from 2007 remaining. Then a better time will come.
Josef