Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Strange "checkerboard" Syrphid

Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-05-2008 21:14
#1
Hello!

I found this 8-9 mm Syrphid today at a hedge (northwest Germany). Looks like a Blera fallax with mixed up abdomen colours... Smile


Larger picture:
http://www.foto-u...llax_4.jpg

Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-05-2008 21:14
#2
Second picture.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-05-2008 21:15
#3
Third picture.

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 12-05-2008 21:28
#4
Yep, female Blera fallax.
This sometimes happens, there are several types of morfological abberations which are the most clear in distinct colored species.
Dit you find this species in the Teutoburger Wald?
Greetings,

Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-05-2008 22:16
#5
Hello, Gerard!

Gerard Pennards wrote:
Yep, female Blera fallax.


Thanks!

Dit you find this species in the Teutoburger Wald?


You may call it so, but the hills here (max. 260 m, fly found at about 170-180 m) are only the last foothills.