Thread subject: Diptera.info :: A syrph ?
Posted by lweit on 10-08-2006 10:49
#1
Hello
I think that this fly is syrph, but the species i didn't know
Find on trunk of oak, in the sun
Photo taken in NE of France, near Metz
Thank you
Louis
Posted by lweit on 10-08-2006 10:50
#2
Another photo of this syrph
A+
Louis
Posted by Tony Irwin on 10-08-2006 11:13
#3
Xylota segnis male - often found sunbathing on leaves and logs
Posted by lweit on 10-08-2006 20:03
#4
What's the differences with a female apart the eyes, the female have a different abdomen (rounded ?) that the male (tubular), someone have a photo of a female of Xylota segnis ??
Thank you
Louis
Posted by Tony Irwin on 10-08-2006 20:42
#5
There's a good photo of a female at
http://www.veluwe...ylota.html which shows the eye separation, and another at
http://www.garden...1_6303.jpg which shows how the tip of the abdomen often has a bit of the ovipositor showing. The males are "finished off" in a more rounded shape. Of course, when the females are full of eggs, the abdomen is much more swollen.
Posted by lweit on 10-08-2006 21:14
#6
Is that photo a female of Xylota segnis
www.insecte.org/forum/xylota-segnis-vt11406.html
Thank you
Louis
Edited by lweit on 10-08-2006 21:18
Posted by Tony Irwin on 10-08-2006 21:38
#7
Certainly looks like it!;)