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05-08-2011, 12:11 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Near the Brownwich and Chilling cliffs
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| | | Shiny new hoverfly for ID please
Not one of the usuals in the garden, I don't think. Medium sized, maybe 8mm?Sadly only one angle, plus the flying-off (at me) shot! A steer would be very welcome, if poss?   |
05-08-2011, 12:17 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Hayes, Middlesex
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| | | Re: Shiny new hoverfly for ID please
I love your description - 'shiny new hoverfly' 
I think this is Xanthogramma pedissequum
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05-08-2011, 12:54 PM
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| | | Re: Shiny new hoverfly for ID please
Thanks very much Nige! I’d not heard of it. Googling it, it seems to fit beautifully. How nice! And as it says the important markings are the 'horseshoe-shaped' spots at the base of the abdomen, and that it’s distinguished from X. citrofasciatum by broader triangular markings on T2, and dark apices of hind femora, I guess I could go ahead and label it, couldn't I? ATB, Rhona |
05-08-2011, 01:05 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Hayes, Middlesex
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| | | Re: Shiny new hoverfly for ID please
I can't go that much into detail, I'm going by what I've found on the web, maybe see what others say as a definate
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05-08-2011, 01:32 PM
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| | | Re: Shiny new hoverfly for ID please
OK Nige. Will try and be patient! |
05-08-2011, 07:54 PM
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| | | Re: Shiny new hoverfly for ID please
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05-08-2011, 08:28 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: S. Devon
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| | | Re: Shiny new hoverfly for ID please
X. citrofasciatum also has a clear wing, apart from some slight darkening of the leading edge. That distinctive black wing mark points to X. pedissequum, as Janet said. |
05-08-2011, 09:10 PM
| | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Near the Brownwich and Chilling cliffs
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| | | Re: Shiny new hoverfly for ID please
Well thank you very much Janet and Geoff F! I can see it was more complicated than I thought, but I think you're saying I can go ahead and label it. Super! |
14-08-2011, 04:11 PM
| | Wild Member | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Stamford, Lincolnshire
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| | | Re: Shiny new hoverfly for ID please
Hello
Yes this is X. pedissequum -as we currently know it. Unfortunately there are several splits developing. The angle is not helpful to do much more, but X. stacklebergi needs to be borne in mind and also there is a further un-named species I think.
It would be useful to have the data for the recording scheme.
Regards
Roger Morris
Hoverfly Recording Scheme |
15-08-2011, 07:36 AM
| | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Near the Brownwich and Chilling cliffs
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| | | Re: Shiny new hoverfly for ID please
Thanks for the info. I should have known it was too easy! The info is 05.08.11 - SU 518 033 - Rhona Smythe. Let me know if there's anything more you need! ATB, Rhona | | |
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