Thread subject: Diptera.info :: White-faced Syrphid<Scaeva pyrastri ID by Stephane Lebrun

Posted by Roger Thomason on 22-12-2008 05:15
#1
Thought I was finished with Syrphids, but came across this 1 photo of a Syrphid with a very white face and I don't know where to stick it (polite replies only).

Maybe Meliscaeva?....auricollis???
OR more likely Eupeodes corollae
Edited by Roger Thomason on 23-12-2008 19:40

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 23-12-2008 11:35
#2
Scaeva.

Posted by Roger Thomason on 23-12-2008 14:05
#3
Thanks Stephane..the one and only sighting in my garden all summer. Wink Is it possible to say to species level? S.pyrastri or S. selenitica,are the only two on my Checklist.
Regards Roger


Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 23-12-2008 15:59
#4
S. pyrastri would be my guess.

Posted by Roger Thomason on 23-12-2008 19:38
#5
Your guess is good enough for me Stephane Smile