Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Epistrophe melanostoma ♂?

Posted by Bembix on 23-03-2022 14:48
#1

Good afternoon

is this Epistrophe melanostoma? Size ~ 10 mm. Found 2022 - 03 - 23 in the garden in southwest Germany.

Thanks for the help.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 24-03-2022 21:15
#2

Hello,

too early for Epistrophe melanostoma. I think, this is a male Syrphus.

P.S.: Syrphids should be posted in the Syrphidae subforum.