Thread subject: Diptera.info :: ID?

Posted by mariki on 12-05-2008 20:35
#1
Found in Veldhoven (The Netherlands), today.
Small syrphid fly. It looks like melanostoma, but I hesitate with the white stripes on the abdomen (pollen?)
Thanks in advance.
Mariki
Edited by mariki on 12-05-2008 20:38

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 12-05-2008 21:11
#2
It's a female Melanostoma with fungal infection (fungus is Entomophthora sp.).

Posted by mariki on 13-05-2008 17:08
#3
Thank you Stephane for the explanation.

Mariki