Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Beautiful Ferdinandea in garden

Posted by Juergen Peters on 29-08-2008 22:05
#1
Hello!

Is this Ferdinandea cuprea, or should I leave a 'cf.' in the name? It visited a banana bait at a tree in our garden this afternoon (northwest Germany). Length about 10-12 mm.


Here are some more (and larger) pictures of that phantastic fly:
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Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 29-08-2008 22:17
#2
Yes it is Ferdinandea cuprea, a beautiful syrphid indeed ! Smile
I can also see a Muscina and some Drosophila in the other pictures.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 29-08-2008 22:52
#3
Hello, Stephane!

Stephane Lebrun wrote:
Yes it is Ferdinandea cuprea


Many thanks for confirmation!

I can also see a Muscina and some Drosophila in the other pictures.


Yes, there a many, many flies at the rotting bananas at the moment. Most frequent (except from the myriads of Drosophila): Phaonia pallida, valida, subventa, Polietes, Calliphora, Lucilia, Suillia, Neuroctena, Episyrphus etc.
And at night many Noctuids Cool:
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http://insektenfo...adid=19099
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