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17-05-2008, 07:24 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Scunthorpe, Nth Lincs
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| | | Hoverfly ID's Please
Can sks ID these Hoverflies for me please.
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17-05-2008, 07:27 PM
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| | | Re: Hoverfly ID's Please
Hi Tormentil,
I cant help with your ids but no1 pic is gorgeous I love it.. |
17-05-2008, 07:30 PM
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Thanks Kayleigh
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17-05-2008, 07:36 PM
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Hi, I think:
1. Poss. Eupeodes corollae, F or Syrphus torvus, F
2. Marmalade fly? M
3. Melanostoma mellinum, poss. M
4. Syrphus ribesii, F
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17-05-2008, 09:45 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Barnsley
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| | | Re: Hoverfly ID's Please
#3 is a Platycheirus
#2 is Dasysyrphus friuliensis (good find). |
18-05-2008, 09:12 AM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Scunthorpe, Nth Lincs
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After looking all over, I think #1 & #4 are Syrphus sp. probably ribesii.
What does the team think.
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18-05-2008, 09:31 AM
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Think #4 a syrphus.
#1 probably a Metasyrphus (in old money), and would go for latifasciatus. |
18-05-2008, 10:04 AM
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| | | Re: Hoverfly ID's Please
Thanks Jason & oxycera.
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