Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tiny metallic Syrphid (13.05.09)

Posted by Juergen Peters on 18-05-2009 23:53
#1
Hello!

First of all sorry for the the (only) bad picture. But is a genus ID possible? Last week in our garden (northwest Germany), only about 4 mm.

Posted by Andre on 22-05-2009 11:20
#2
Strange shimmer by flash... Frown
Anyway, looks like a Cheilosia vernalis to me. Those can be very small sometimes (but 4mm is somewhat too small, may be more like about 6mm?).

Posted by Juergen Peters on 22-05-2009 16:57
#3
Hello, Andre!

Andre wrote:
Anyway, looks like a Cheilosia vernalis to me. Those can be very small sometimes (but 4mm is somewhat too small, may be more like about 6mm?).


Thanks a lot! 6 mm may be possible, but anyway then it was (one of) the smallest Cheilosia I've ever seen...