Thread subject:
Diptera.info :: syrphid with violet wings
Posted by
davenicholls
on 19-05-2008 20:46
#1
Found this species at the weekend. I think it is a syrphid but I've not come across a species with such violet wings before. There were several around (southern England). Any help would be appreciated.
Posted by
amalia_raluca
on 19-05-2008 21:09
#2
this is a Platycheirus female...
Amalia
Posted by
Stephane Lebrun
on 19-05-2008 21:18
#3
With this purple sheen,
Pyrophaena
(=
Platycheirus
)
rosarum
I think.
Posted by
amalia_raluca
on 19-05-2008 21:24
#4
well...I think Stephane is right
Posted by
davenicholls
on 20-05-2008 22:55
#5
Many thanks to you both.
