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22-07-2009, 08:58 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Wye Valley, Mid-Wales
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| | | Two hoverflies.
I think this one is Heliophilus pendulas, 
but I dont recognise this one.   |
22-07-2009, 10:28 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Scunthorpe, Nth Lincs
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| | | Re: Two hoverflies.
I'd say you're correct with the first one.
Is the second Scaeva pyrastri ? |
22-07-2009, 10:56 AM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Wye Valley, Mid-Wales
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| | | Re: Two hoverflies.
S. pyrastri looks good to me, thanks very much, not a species I've noticed here before.
Steve |
22-07-2009, 12:55 PM
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| | | Re: Two hoverflies.
The second one could be Scaeva selenitica, I haven't had that one but apparently it's the most common. S. pyrastri is also said to be common, I had some in 2006 on a Lilium Black Beauty. The only other time I saw one was last year and I got one pic partly hidden by grass.
The white on S. pyrastri is very white, where S. selenitica is creamy. Don't take a lot of notice of some pics you will find, some are wrongly named, I saw a Eupeodes named as this!
I can upload my pic so you can see the starkness of the white.
Janet  |
22-07-2009, 01:00 PM
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| | | Re: Two hoverflies.
This is the only pic I got, it landed very briefly!  |
22-07-2009, 02:03 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Lincoln
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| | | Re: Two hoverflies.
Lol, that one isn't even close!  |
22-07-2009, 08:20 PM
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| | | Re: Two hoverflies.
2 looks like Scaeva pyrastri to me. |
22-07-2009, 09:21 PM
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| | | Re: Two hoverflies.
Quote:
Originally Posted by JRsbugs  The second one could be Scaeva selenitica, ......... apparently it's the most common. | Not according to Stubbs & Falks, who say it's a "rather scarce" species. |
23-07-2009, 06:53 AM
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| | | Re: Two hoverflies.
There is a good photo by Peter Bolson posted on 4th July of selenitica.
It is far scarcer than pyrastri. | | |
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