Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Eupeodes luniger, Syrphidae, Hungary, June 2007

Posted by Xespok on 13-03-2008 06:14
#1
The male of Eupeodes luniger?
Edited by Xespok on 14-03-2008 20:51

Posted by Xespok on 13-03-2008 06:17
#2
Another view.

Posted by Andre on 13-03-2008 12:50
#3
Maybe, poor picture Sad

Posted by crex on 13-03-2008 12:54
#4
Andre wrote:
Maybe, poor picture Sad


This is not so bad. I've seen worse photos. Maybe if you tell what you need to see to distinguish it ...

Posted by Andre on 13-03-2008 13:34
#5
First pic is overlighted... is it lapponicus? Looks like it on the second picture. And pics of the belly are always nice.

Posted by crex on 13-03-2008 13:52
#6
Andre wrote:
First pic is overlighted...


Well, I don't think you take pictures. You don't choose where the fly sits and if it sits on a white wall you have to add extra light, otherwise it looks like this Tachinid!

Posted by Andre on 13-03-2008 16:00
#7
I do take pictures... but anyway, sometimes we don't have the luck to shoot a perfect one. That's a fact. I didn't write it as a criticism. Shock

About the tachinid: it does show the wing venation very well Wink

Posted by Xespok on 14-03-2008 20:50
#8
I think that the bend in the questionable vein is rather shallow, so this must be E. luniger. It is interesting that in the other photo seems to show a deeper bend, but I think it is an illusion resulting from the angle the wing is held.

The first photo is not great, but still informative.

Posted by Kahis on 14-03-2008 22:00
#9
crex wrote:
Well, I don't think you take pictures. You don't choose where the fly sits and if it sits on a white wall you have to add extra light, otherwise it looks like this Tachinid!


Nonetheless, the first picture is overexposed Wink

Not being an Eupeodes specialist (it is a difficult genus) I will only say that it is definitely not E. lapponicus.