Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Syrphidae?

Posted by brigitteu on 23-08-2009 22:37
#1
Location: Switzerland, about 600 m.ü.M
Border of a wood, near mere
Date: 23.08.09
Size: about 10 mm

I'm confused: waist similar "baccha elongata" - hind legs similar Syritta pipiens

is it Syrphidae? Does anyone could give me the ID?

I'm sorry, there is only this pic, with flash she was gone . . . . :-(

Thank you, Regards, Brigitte

Posted by tim worfolk on 24-08-2009 05:29
#2
Hi Brigitte, looks like Sphegina, but wouldn't like to say which.

Tim

Posted by brigitteu on 24-08-2009 18:37
#3
Thank you Tim!
So my "golden" fly will be a Sphegina sp. . . .

Posted by Andre on 24-08-2009 21:16
#4
And it will stay a sp., without the specimen in hand... sorry.

Posted by brigitteu on 25-08-2009 16:31
#5
Thank you Andre!
it's nice syrphidae - rarely seen

Posted by Andre on 26-08-2009 10:27
#6
You will usually find them on cool places, instead of the sunny spots (alike Baccha elongata). And their behaviour is somewhat inconspicuous. You will certainly learn to find them, once you've seen some.

Posted by brigitteu on 28-08-2009 14:41
#7
Hi Andre

Thanks for informations!

I returned to same place and, perhaps, I found Baccha elongata.
They are so small, never sitting for a long while, mostly in lower level of the lower plants, in bad position for good pics :-( Flashes scares them.
(I'm sorry for my english, I hope the meaning will coming through).

Regards, Brigitte