Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bombyliidae?

Posted by Josef Buecker on 23-02-2008 19:57
#1
Hello Forum,

one more fly from the alder marshland in Hagen (D) 175 m above sea level. This photo was taken on July 31st 2007. The plant in the background shoul be Angelica sylvestris.

The author of this photo is my co-worker Hans-J?rgen Reichling (Hagen, D). The picture was digitally remastered from a paper photo.

I think: Bombylius major? Right? Wrong?

Best wishes

Josef

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 23-02-2008 20:10
#2
Syrphidae. Eristalis.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 23-02-2008 20:17
#3
Hello, Josef!

I think: Bombylius major? Right? Wrong?


Sorry, wrong. This is a Syrphid, Eristalis sp.. Are the front tarsi dark? Then it should be E. tenax (female).

Look here for Bombylius major:
http://insektenfo...bylius.htm

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 23-02-2008 20:19
#4
They are yellow. E. pertinax, a female.

Posted by Josef Buecker on 23-02-2008 20:23
#5
Hello Jorge,

I was convinced to know but I was, once again, too hasty. I must be much more carefully. Thank you your correction.

Josef

Posted by Josef Buecker on 23-02-2008 20:24
#6
So to J?rgen and Stephane!