Help with i.d.'s please

ollyk · #1 (**permalink**) 23-05-2010, 02:53 PM

Hi folks not too sure on some of these so help / confirmation would be appreciated...

1. Snipe fly?

2. syrphus_ribesii is closest match I can find...?

3. Female Azure?

4. At first I thought a potter / mason but maybe a soltary bee Nomada or similar?

5. Melecta luctosa - surprised this far North but my book is out of date?!?

6. Not got a clue here!

Thanks!

Olly.

oxycera · #2 (**permalink**) 23-05-2010, 07:53 PM

5. Andrena cineraria
6. Bibionid fly

Geoff F · #3 (**permalink**) 23-05-2010, 08:20 PM

Can't fully see the hind femora of that Syrphus but it looks like it is dark coloured so I would be tempted to suggest S. vitripennis female.

The damselfly appears correct to me.

No. 4 is, I think, a Nomada species and N. goodeniana would make a good colour match; but they are a complicated family so that doesn't make it a confirmed identification.

But where is No. 1?

eucera · #4 (**permalink**) 23-05-2010, 08:27 PM

#4 almost certainly is N. goodeniana
#5 is a male Andrena cineraria

ollyk · #5 (**permalink**) 23-05-2010, 09:01 PM

Thans folks, I am surprised with number 6 so a close relative to St. Marks fly? - @geof I am not sure where the snipefly is I could swear I posted a link!

I will try again;

edit - I will try again, again with a direct link this time

snipe_fly1 - Wild About Britain Pics

Geoff F · #6 (**permalink**) 24-05-2010, 06:52 PM

That could be a member of the Snipe Fly family but it is difficult to be certain from that angle and without a clear view of the wings.

And from what is visible; the markings on top of the abdomen would also fit.

The abdomen looks a bit deep but that might well be just a case of a distended egg filled female.