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Diptera.info :: Cheilosia with bluish abdomen (05.06.23) --> C. variabilis
Posted by
Juergen Peters
on 06-06-2023 20:22
#1
Hello,
an 8-9 mm female on
Aegopodium podagraria
at a forestpath (northwest Germany).
Edited by
Juergen Peters
on 06-06-2023 21:53
Posted by
Juergen Peters
on 06-06-2023 20:22
#2
Pic #2
Posted by
Juergen Peters
on 06-06-2023 20:22
#3
Pic #3
Posted by
Juergen Peters
on 06-06-2023 20:23
#4
Pic #4
Posted by
Roger Thomason
on 06-06-2023 21:41
#5
It looks like
Cheilosia variabilis
...
https://www.natur...variabilis
Posted by
Juergen Peters
on 06-06-2023 21:52
#6
Thanks, Roger!
The males were abundant on leaves in May, but I had not seen one for two weeks now. And I had never seen that species visiting flowerage...
Edited by
Juergen Peters
on 06-06-2023 21:53